On November 10, 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added names of specific entities subject to Executive Order 13611 to their Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. Signed on May 16, 2012, E.O. 13611 declares a “national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Yemen and other individuals and entities that threaten Yemen’s peace, security, or stability.”