Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Oktoba na shekarar 1985 an zabe shi a cikin YSP Politburo kuma a matsayin Sakataren Kwamitin Tsakiya, amma rikicin ya barke a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1986, a cikin gwagwarmaya mai karfi a Aden tsakanin magoya bayan Ali Nasir da magoya bayan Ismail. (Duba
Yakin basasa na Kudancin Yemen) 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.