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US Extends National Emergency for Yemen for One More Year - White House

© REUTERS / StringerPeople inspect the site of an air strike in Yemen's northwestern city of Saada April 22, 2015
People inspect the site of an air strike in Yemen's northwestern city of Saada April 22, 2015 - Sputnik International
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US President Barack Obama extended the national emergency for Yemen for one more year given the threat that government members and others, as well as their actions pose to US national security and foreign policy, White House announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Obama’s declaration extends the Executive Order he issued on May 16, 2012 to deal with the threat posed by actions and policies of members of the government of Yemen and others.

“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.”

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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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