Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba na 1985 an zabe shi a cikin YSP Politburo kuma a matsayin Sakataren Kwamitin Tsakiya, amma rikicin ya ɓarke a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1986, a cikin gwagwarmayar tashin hankali a Aden tsakanin magoya bayan Ali Nasir da magoya bayan Ismail. (Duba Yakin basasa na Yemen ta Kudu
) Yaƙin ya ɗauki fiye da wata guda kuma ya haifar da dubban raunin da ya faru, da kawar da Ali Nasir, da kuma ɓacewar Isma'il. An yi zargin cewa an kashe shi lokacin da sojojin ruwa masu biyayya ga Ali Nasir suka harbe gidansa a Aden.