Topic summary
Southern Movement
The Southern Movement (Arabic: الحراك الجنوبي, romanized: al-Ḥirāk al-Ganūbi), colloquially known as al-Hirak (lit.'the movement'), is a political movement and paramilitary organization active in the south of Yemen since 2007, calling for secession from the Republic of Yemen and a return to the former independent state of South Yemen.