Hydari Civil War

The Hydari Civil War was a conflict in Hydar from the years of 1968-1972 that pitted Hydar State against the Hydari Communist Party, Yi Self-Determination Movement, and Sorani Independence League. Nanwen also became significantly involved in the conflict, firebombing many Hydari cities and destroying key infrastructure. Due to the geopolitical stakes of the conflict many powers became involved. Osorra, Kodeshia and Nanwen collaborated to weaken the Hydari currency on international markets - while Akiteiwa, Selengeria, and Heiban all collaborated to support the monarchy. The Civil War involved tense diplomatic standoffs within the broader sphere of East Kesh as the war was somewhat a powerplay by the leadership of Kodeshia and Nanwen.

Internally the war involved significant court intrigue within Hydar itself as the Communists had broad support within the intelligentsia, many of who were opposed to its continued progression. The three sides fighting the Hydari government were always quite divided in their aims with the Communists seeking a united Hydari state with separate autonomous regions for ethnic minorities while the ethnonationalist movements wished for complete independence. Coordination between the 3 was always imperfect even with Nanwen's attempts to broker talks and foster better ties.

The war ended in the Hirya Coup where a young Kodeshi backed Prince utilized defecting Communist sympathizing soldiers to seize the capital and negotiate peace with the now war weary Communists. Talks were brokered where the Communists agreed to work with the Hydari monarchy and disband the United Front they had with the other groups. Nanwen also agreed to a ceasefire as skirmishes began to break out along the border. Afterwards, the Hirya Restoration was declared where the Hydari Armed Forces and Red Army of Hydar would work to crush ethnonationalist movements and start the Hydar Cultural Self-Reformation Movement. The divided and weak Yi Self-Determination Movement quickly fell but the Mihrani Independence League was significantly harder to dislodge as it had acquired many experienced Pashto fighters. A full cession of the conflict wouldn't occur until 1976 when Hydar declared a ceasefire with Kurwistan. Since then there has been a cold peace between the two but no official peace treaty.