United Arab States اتحاد الدول العربية | |||||||||||||||
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| 1958–1961 | |||||||||||||||
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| Capital | Cairo andSanaa | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Arab Cold War | ||||||||||||||
• Established | 8 March 1958 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 26 December 1961 | ||||||||||||||
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TheUnited Arab States (UAS,Arabic:اتحاد الدول العربية) was a short-livedconfederation between theUnited Arab Republic and theKingdom of Yemen from 1958 to 1961.
The United Arab Republic was a sovereign state formed by the union ofEgypt andSyria in 1958. The same year, the Kingdom of Yemen, which had already signed a defense pact with Egypt, entered a loose confederation with the UAR called the United Arab States on March 8. One reason for this decision was because North Yemen had felt threatened by its considerably larger and more powerful northern neighborSaudi Arabia[a] and saw the confederation as a source of security.[1] However, unlike the constituent countries of the United Arab Republic, North Yemen remained an independent sovereign state, maintaining itsUN membership and separate embassies throughout the whole period of confederation.[citation needed]
Neither the union nor the confederation fulfilled their role as vehicles ofpan-Arabism orArab nationalism, resulting in its dissolution in 1961.[citation needed]
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