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=== Yemeni Civil War ===
''Main Article: [[Yemeni Civil War]]''
[[File:North Yemen Civil War.jpg|thumb|269x269px|Royalist Yemeni forces attempt to repel an Yemeni Arab Force armored attack]]
In 1971, a conflict in Yemen between the predominantly pan-Arabic north and the predominantly Mutawakkilite-supporting southern half led to the emergence of the Yemeni Arab Democratic Republic. The city of Sana'a was engulfed in violence, and insurgent cells in North Yemen declared the Republic. Italian peacekeepers withdrew to the port of Aden. The pan-Arab rebels gained support from the Greater German Reich, who aimed to harm Japan and the United States' economies by creating a united Arab entity. If the Yemeni Arab Democratic Republic defeats the Kingdom of Yemen, it will rename the 'Arabian Republic' and declare war on Saudi Arabia. If successful, The Arabian Republic will be renamed and transform into a maximum-size United Arab Republic.
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==== Collapse of Italian Egypt and Egyptian Civil War ====
[[File:Clashes between Israeli and Egyptian forces during the Six-Day War.jpg|thumb|Clashes between Free Organization Forces and Loyalist Egyptian Forces during the 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.
==== Sudanese Secession and Civil War ====
As Egypt's situation worsened, Sudan broke away from the Republic, with Governor-General Ismail al-Azhari stating no interest in fighting an Egyptian war. However, the Free Officers movement, which had significant influence among the Sudanese Armed Forces, rebelled, supported by the Greater German Reich. The Judiciary and some military under General Ibrahim Abboud seceded from the Republic, seeking Japanese support to secure Sudan's position against Ba'athist and government forces. Port Sudan's strategic location in the Red Sea and just after the Suez Canal made control crucial for ensuring the Suez Canal's security. All major parties were interested in controlling Port Sudan as an insurance policy in case the Egyptian civil war did not go as planned.
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