On top of its military humiliation, Egypt’s international reputation suffered, with the United Nations General Assembly condemning the Egyptian forces’ use of banned chemical weapons against villages that supported the monarchy. The adventure also took a heavy economic toll; by 1965, Egypt had run up a foreign debt of nearly $3 billion, forcing it to add a “defense tax” to finance the Yemen war.
埃及不仅在军事上遭受屈辱，国际声誉也同样遭受损害，联合国大会谴责埃及军队使用违禁化学武器对付那些支持君主制的村落。此次冒险行动也付出了沉重的经济代价；到1965年，埃及所借外债已接近30亿美元，迫使其出台所谓“国防税”来为也门战争筹集经费。