Southern Movement
| Southern Movement | |
|---|---|
| الحراك الجنوبي | |
 Logo of the Southern Movement | |
Leaders | Ali Salem al-Beidh # Hassan al-Ba'aum Saleh Ali Bin-Ghaleb Ahmed Omar Bin Fareed Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri Saleh Bin Fareed Shalal Ali Shayih |
| Dates active | Since 2007 |
| Active regions | Yemen |
| Ideology | Separatism or Self-determination |
| Wars | the South Yemen insurgency the Yemeni Civil War, and the Yemeni Revolution |
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.