South Yemen uprising

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Former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen , now a sought-after state of the separatists in South Yemen

The South Yemen uprising openly began on April 27, 2009, the former South Yemen's official independence day, with protests and attacks on Yemen government forces .

There had been mounting tension across the South since 2007 as the South's independence movement grew in strength. It started with former military officers in the South, forced into compulsory retirement, demanding higher pension payments. The protesters have accused President Ali Abdullah Salih of corruption and openly demanded independence from his government in the capital Sanaa in a northern mountain region. The uprising takes place at the same time as heavy fighting with Shiite insurgents in the north of the country. In 1994 there was another unsuccessful attempt by the South to restore the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (DPRJ, South Yemen).

The commander of the South Yemeni socialist separatists is the former VDRJ Prime Minister Ali Salim al-Baidh , his predecessor Ali Saleh al-Yafee died in 2010. Tareq al-Fadhli has stood by him since then .

30 security guards have been killed so far.
More than 400 are missing on the part of the separatists. By March 12, 2010, more than 70 people who were largely uninvolved in the conflict had been killed.

Insurgents

The political movement behind the uprising is a southern movement called a socialist group. Led by South Yemeni leaders and opposition figures, this group calls for peaceful protests. However, these protests have often turned into rioting recently, some involving armed fighters. Furthermore, the uprising is being carried out by Islamist groups, former military commanders and South Yemeni tribes. There are several jihadist movements active in South Yemen, some of which belong to al-Qaeda , in particular a group called the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army and followers of Tariq al-Fadhli. Naser al-Wahishi , the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula , expressed his support for the South Yemeni independence movement. However, the socialist leaders of the South Yemen Movement have repeatedly denied any links with al-Qaeda. Some have claimed that the Salih government is using al Qaeda to get foreign support against insurgents in the north and south.

timeline

  • April 28, 2009: 14 people are injured and 1 soldier is killed when separatist fighters attack a checkpoint in Mukalla. This was the 7th soldier to be killed in secessionist violence in South Yemen.
  • May 3: One man is killed and 4 injured in a bomb attack carried out by separatist militias.
  • May 4, 2009: Armed protesters from South Yemen raided a military base in the south, killing 1 soldier.
  • June 8, 2009: 2 people were killed and 4 wounded during protests in the south, bringing the total to 11 soldiers and 11 civilians deaths.
  • July 25, 2009: 1 person killed and 4 injured when protesters clash with police in Dhaleh.
  • July 28, 2009: 4 Yemeni soldiers are killed when armed men attack a government checkpoint in the south. It was said that supporters of Tareq al-Fadhli , an Islamist leader who called for protests in response to the deaths of 16 people at a separatist rally, were responsible.
  • October 25, 2009: Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying the body of a soldier killed in Sa'da, killing 2 soldiers and injuring 3.
  • November 1, 2009: Armed rebels attacked the headquarters of the Security Corps in Abyan , killing 1 soldier and kidnapping the Deputy Governor of Abyan, Adel Hamoud al-Sabri .
  • November 25, 2009: Clashes between Yemen security forces and demonstrators killed five people, including 2 soldiers, and injured 10 people.
  • January 10, 2010: South Yemenis carried out a general strike and large-scale protests against what they described as the repression of Ali Abdullah Salih's regime.
  • January 13, 2010: - An L-39 -A jet fighter crashed in Aden, whereby a technical error was blamed for the incident, according to security sources. The pilot survived, the sources added, but eyewitnesses reported seeing the jet fly very close to the ground, adding that the pilot may have died after no parachute was seen in an uninhabited area after the crash. Many jet fighters flew over Abyan Governorate on the day that a demonstration in front of Tariq Al-Fadhli's home was organized by the South Yemeni Movement.
  • January 24, 2010: Three men from the Yemeni security forces were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in southern Shabwa Province in Yemen.
  • January 25, 2010: One police officer was killed and 11 police officers and 3 school children were injured during rioting.
  • January 27, 2010: Separatists shoot a police officer in Al-Ghaydah.
  • February 1 - February 24, 2010: crackdown by the government, 130 separatists arrested in southern Yemen.
  • February 2, 2010: an armed, unknown perpetrator kills a Yemeni opposition activist Ahmed Saeed Abdullah bin Daoud , who was a member of the Yemeni Socialist Party, in Ayban .
  • February 13, 2010: Riots in Al-Hawtah , the capital of the Lahij Governorate, one protester was killed and 7 people, including 5 police officers, were injured. According to Ali Ammar, security officer in al-Hawta: "Separatists blocked the streets, opened fire at random and hurled a hand grenade at a security patrol, one citizen was killed and others injured."
  • February 17, 2010: Tareq al-Fadhli announced that on February 20, the next phase of the South Yemeni uprising would begin with mass protests and a campaign for civil disobedience.
  • February 20, 2010: Separatists killed the director of a criminal investigation unit and one of his guards in an ambush on his car, another person was killed and three other people were injured. There were also incidents between security forces and armed men in the province of al-Dalea.
  • February 22, 2010: Faris Al-Dhama , a South Yemeni activist, is arrested and murdered.
  • February 23, 2010: A soldier is murdered by armed separatists in the province of Al-Dalea.
  • February 26, 2010: A policeman was ambushed and shot dead in Abyan Province.
  • February 27: Yemen declares a state of emergency in Dalea to prevent further violence in that city.
  • March 1, 2010: A South Yemeni activist who was accused of having relations with Al-Qaeda was killed along with his wife, son, daughter and two police officers when his house was stormed. Another policeman was injured. Around 19 people are killed in an explosion in a residential building in the city of Ta'izz .
  • March 11, 2010: Two people were killed and 10 others (including 6 police officers) were injured during demonstrations in southern Yemen.
  • April 1, 2010: Up to 40 inmates escaped after a bomb went off in a Daleh prison.
  • April 15: Two people were injured in Daleh city when police dispersed protesters. The latter answered with stones.
  • April 25, 2020: The Southern Transitional Council (STC) again hoists the old southern flag and proclaims the autonomy of its territory. In the same month the STC felt excluded from the ceasefire talks with the Hûthî rebels and decided to take the fate of the south into its own hands. As a result, he took over the building of the central bank and some ministries in Aden.

Individual evidence

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  9. ^ Thomson Reuters Foundation: Thomson Reuters Foundation . In: alertnet.org .
  10. ↑ Bomb kills Yemeni in southern clashes - Yemen Post English Newspaper Online . In: yemenpost.net .
  11. ^ Yemeni soldier killed in clashes in troubled south . In: The San Diego Union-Tribune .
  12. ^ Two demonstrators killed in clashes with Yemeni police - People's Daily Online . In: peopledaily.com.cn .
  13. ↑ reuters Two Yemeni soldiers killed in ambush in south
  14. ^ One soldier killed, officially kidnapped in south Yemen . In: Trend . November 1, 2009.
  15. ↑ http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=112155§ionid=351020206
  16. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
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  29. ^ Yemen declares state of emergency in southern city . In: Reuters .
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  31. ↑ Le Point, magazine: Une explosion détruit un immeuble au Yémen, on craint 19 morts . In: Le Point.fr . Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
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  33. ↑ Scores escape amid Yemen jail blast . In: aljazeera.net .
  34. ^ Yemen: manifestations de l'opposition . In: Le Figaro .
  35. ^ Heading Off a Renewed Struggle for Yemen's South .