 Mamiriro ezvinhu aNasser mudunhu akachinja zvisingatarisirwi apo vakuru veYemeni vaitungamirirwa nemutsigiri waNasser Abdullah al-Sallal vakadzinga Imam Badr weNorth Yemen musi wa27 Gunyana 1962. Al-Badr nevatsigiri vake vemadzinza vakatanga kuwana rutsigiro rwakawedzera kubva kuSaudi Arabia kuti vabatsire kudzorera humambo, nepo Nasser akazobvuma chikumbiro chaSallal chekubatsira nemauto hurumende nyowani musi wa30 Gunyana. Somuuyo, Egipita yakava inobatanidzwa zvikuru muhondo yavagari vemo yakarebesakusvikira yabvisa mauto ayo muna 1967. Vakawanda vaimboshanda naNasser vakanga vasina chokwadi kana zvaiva kuchenjera kuramba vachirwisana, asi Amer akavimbisa Nasser kuti vaizokunda. Nasser gare gare akataura muna 1968 kuti kupindira muYemen kwakanga kuri kuyera zvisiri izvo. 