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Instead of remaining localized, instability in Yemen spread to neighboring countries, leading to a civil war against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman under the Imamate of Oman. The Dhofar Rebellion, a Marxist movement, emerged in southwestern Oman, initially focusing on Dhofar province but eventually expanding to Oman and joining the pan-Arab movement. The Greater German Reich supported their communist enemy to undermine the United States and Japan's influence in the Middle East, despite attempting to keep this involvement secret. The resulting instability in Yemen and the Middle East was a significant turning point in the region's history.
=== Egyptian, Sudanese, and Ananian Civil Wars ===
''Main Article(s): [[Egyptian Civil War]], [[Sudanese Civil War]], [[South Sudanese Civil War]]''
The conflict in South Arabia, if localized, would not be significant historically. However, the instability in Egypt, the largest Arab nation, would escalate the conflict into a legendary event.
==== Collapse of Italian Egypt and Egyptian Civil War ====
Since the North Africa Campaign, Egypt has been a client state of the Italian Empire. However, tensions began to build around 1965 with the death of Farouk I. Italian hegemony and control allowed Egypt to stay together, but the relationship between Egypt and Sudan was tenuous and administrative issues arose. Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser saw the Dhofar and Yemeni rebellions as a signal to strike, and he denounced the central Egyptian government as an illegitimate puppet regime. He took a significant portion of the Egyptian army and launched an insurgency in western Egypt, declaring the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council to oversee the movement. The Muslim Brotherhood initially agreed to fight against the Free Officers, but miscommunications and failed negotiations led to their own rebellion in Eastern Egypt, aiming to create an Islamic state. The German Reich funded and supported the Free Officers, while the United States supported the Egyptian central government to stabilize Italy's economy and ENI if Italy and its subjects were in the OFN alliance. The Japanese government also supported the Muslim Brotherhood, hoping radicalism would create terror and lower oil prices.
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