US closes embassy in Yemen, evacuates staff

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The United States has shut down its embassy in Yemen indefinitely and evacuated its staff and their families due to the worsening security conditions in the country, the State Department said.

"On February 11, 2015, due to the deteriorating security situation in Sanaa, the Department of State suspended embassy operations and US Embassy Sanaa American staff were relocated out of the country," a State Department travel warning said.

"All consular services, routine and/or emergency, have been suspended until further notice," it added.

In addition, US nationals were urged to leave Yemen, it said.

"The Department urges US citizens to defer travel to Yemen and those US citizens currently living in Yemen to depart," it stressed citing: "the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities and civil unrest."


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