When the Baath Party was divided between Syrian and Iraqi factions, the Yemeni branch overwhelmingly sided with the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party.
[4] The members of the party were largely recruited from teachers, students and intellectuals.
[3] The party was based in Aden, and had limited presence outside the city.
In October 1975 it joined the NF-dominated United Political Organization of the National Front[6] (which evolved into the Yemeni Socialist Party in 1978).
[1] The merger was ratified by the third PVP congress held in August 1975.