Yemen's southern separatists announce two-year independence plan amid Saudi-backed clashes

Aden [Yemen], January 3 (ANI): Yemen's southern separatist movement has announced plans to hold a referendum on independence from the north after a two-year transitional period, even as Saudi-backed forces moved to regain territory seized by the separatists last month, Al Jazeera reported.

Clashes broke out on Friday in Hadramout province, which borders Saudi Arabia, between forces loyal to the Saudi-backed gover