“The actions and policies of certain members of the government of Yemen and others threatening Yemen’s peace, security, and stability continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States… I am continuing for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13611.”
Some of the actions include obstructing the implementation of the November 23, 2011 agreement between Yemen’s government and the country’s opposition for a peaceful transition of power.
For months now, Yemen has been engulfed in a bloody conflict between the Shiite Houthi rebels who captured large parts of the country and forces loyal to Yemen`s ousted President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
The situation in the country worsened late in March, when a Saudi Arabia-led coalition of mostly Gulf Arab states began conducting airstrikes against Houthi positions in Yemen at Hadi`s request.
In April 2015, the Saudi-led military campaign on Yemen was replaced with a new operation focusing on political dialogue, but the airstrikes continued into May.
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