South Yemen insurgency

South Yemen insurgency
South Yemen insurgency
Part of the Yemeni crisis (2011–present) and the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
	Situation in March 2012, showing the area where there was presence of South Yemen resistance
Date	27 April 2009 – present; (16 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Southern Yemen
Goals	Southern Yemeni Independence; Equal representation
Methods	Protest; Strikes; Attacks on military forces
Parties
Southern Movement; Southern Resistance; Success Movement; Council for Leading the Peaceful Revolution; minor groups; Supported by:; AQAP (claimed by AQAP, accused by the government)	Yemeni Government Yemen Army Yemeni Republican Guard; ; Yemeni Air Force; Yemen Paramilitary; Ministry of Interior Yemeni Police; ; ; Pro-government tribes; Al-Islah militias;
Lead figures
	Hassan Baoum* (POW); Fawaz Baoum* (POW); Tahir Tamah; Tareq al-Fadhli; Ali Salem al-Beidh; Yasin Said Numan; Ali Saleh al-Yafee †; Ahmed Bamualem (POW); Ali al-Saadi (POW); Ali Saif Mohammed; Mohsin al Twairah; Abbas Tanba † Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi; (since 2011); Ahmed Saleh; (until 2012); Mohammed Basindawa; (2011–2014); Muhammad Nasir Ahmad Ali; Abdullah al-Thuraya †;
Casualties and losses
1,800 killed; 500+ Detained (over 350 released)	254 killed; 1,900 injured; (Government claim)
	*Released

The South Yemen insurgency is a term used by the Yemeni government to describe the protests and attacks on government forces in southern Yemen, ongoing since 27 April 2009. The insurgency comes amid the Shia insurgency in the country's north as led by the Houthi communities. Southern leaders led a brief, unsuccessful secession in 1994 following unification. Many of them are involved in the present secession movement. Southern separatist insurgents are active mainly in the area of former South Yemen, but also in Dhale Governorate, which was not a part of the independent southern state.