A/HRC/27/44 12. On 26 February 2014, the Security Council adopted resolution 2140 (2014) reaffirming the need for full and timely implementation of the political transition following the National Dialogue Conference. The resolution encourages all constituencies to continue their engagement in the political transition to implement the recommendations of the Conference. In addition, it calls upon the Hirak Southern movement, the Houthi movement and others to partake constructively in the process and to reject the use of violence to achieve political aims. The resolution also introduced targeted sanctions measures against individuals or entities engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Yemen. More specifically, the resolution established a panel of experts to investigate those who engaged in or provided support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Yemen, including committing acts that violate applicable international human rights law or international humanitarian law or acts that constitute human rights abuses. C. Security situation 13. Fighting in the north, between Houthi supporters and pro-Islah/Salafist armed groups, resulted in hundreds of civilians killed and thousands displaced. Confrontations started in October 2013, when the Houthis established armed checkpoints all around Dammaj in the northern Sa’ada Governorate and accused Salafist groups of recruiting foreign fighters to attack the Houthis. On 30 October 2013, Houthi armed groups shelled Dammaj, killing at least 20 persons and injuring 100. While the Houthis besieged Dammaj, pro-Islah/Salafist armed tribesmen tried to open different battlefronts in Amran and Al Jawf Governorates. Tribesmen in Arhab, north of Sana’a, blocked the roads leading to Sa’ada preventing the entrance of goods and services toward Houthi groups into Sa’ada. Clashes between Houthis and northern tribesmen in northern governorates continued until 12 January 2014 when the two conflicting sides signed a ceasefire agreement, brokered by a presidential delegation. 14. Despite the ceasefire agreement, there has been intermittent fighting between the Houthis and pro-Islah/Salafist armed groups. On 20 May 2014, the fighting renewed in Amran Governorate and reached the outskirts of the capital Sana’a. This time, the tribesmen fighting against the Houthis were reportedly backed by the “310th Military Brigade” and left dozens dead and injured. There has been a patchwork of ceasefire agreements over the past months throughout the north, many of which have not held for any length of time. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that, between October 2013 and May 2014, an estimated 20,000 people had been displaced in the conflict in Amran Governorate. The conflict also caused destruction of private and public properties. 15. In April 2014, the Yemeni Armed Forces launched a military operation in the south aiming at reclaiming the Governorates of Abyan and Shabwa from the control of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). In early May 2014, President Hadi noted that the country was in an “open war” with AQAP, and that the military operation would expand to track all Al-Qaida members in Yemen. On 23 May, AQAP raided government buildings in Seiyun and Hadramout. The raid resulted in the killing of at least 27 individuals including 12 government troops and 11 attackers. The Government regained control of the cities on 24 May 2014. 16. The United States of America supported the military operation in the south of Yemen by using drone strikes that, according to local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), killed some 55 AQAP militants in Abyan and Shabwa Governorates. According to the same sources, the United States-supported drone operations intensified during the reporting period, with a total of 26 reported strikes, bringing the total death toll to at least 5