Hadhrami League
Appearance
Hadhrami League | |
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العصبة الحضرمية | |
Leaders | Abdullah Saeed Bahaj |
Dates of operation | 2003–present |
Active regions | Yemen |
Ideology | Self-determination or independence |
Allies | Saudi Arabia |
Opponents | Southern Movement Southern Transitional Council General People's Congress Yemeni Congregation for Reform Houthis Al-Qaeda (AQAP) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province |
The Hadhrami League (Arabic: العصبة الحضرمية al-ʿosbah al-ḥaḍramiyah) is a movement founded in 2003 under the name of the National Organization for the Liberation of Hadhramaut in Hadhramaut Governorate by Abdullah Saeed Bahaj and called for the self-determination of Hadhramaut residents at home and abroad and the legitimate rights of the People of Hadrami under international laws, foremost of which is the right to Self-determination and the Restoration of its independent State. Hadhramaut was an semi-autonomous British protectorate occupied by South Yemen first in 1967 and again in 1990. After unification between the two Northern and Southern States. The Hadhrami League considers it a "Yemeni occupation".[1] [2]