Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1986, an fara gwagwarmaya mai karfi a Aden tsakanin magoya bayan Ali Nasir da magoya bayan Ismail da ya dawo, wanda ke son dawo da mulki. Yin gwagwarmaya, da aka sani da
Yaƙin basasa na Yemen ta Kudu, ya ɗauki fiye da wata ɗaya kuma ya haifar da dubban raunin da ya faru, da korar Ali Nasir, da mutuwar Ismail. Kimanin mutane 60,000, gami da Ali Nasir da aka tsige, sun gudu zuwa YAR. Ali Salim al-Beidh, wani abokin kawancen Ismail wanda ya yi nasarar tserewa daga harin da aka kai wa mambobin Politburo masu goyon bayan Ismail, sannan ya zama Babban Sakataren Jam'iyyar Socialist na Yemen.