Reuters: Politics: U.S. tells citizens in Yemen to leave immediately: State Department

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U.S. tells citizens in Yemen to leave immediately: State Department Aug 6th 2013, 08:53 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Yemen drone strike kills four suspected al Qaeda militants: tribal leaders 2:56am EDT Al Qaeda intercept is just one piece of threat intelligence: U.S. sources Mon, Aug 5 2013 Britain and France extend closures of Yemen embassies Mon, Aug 5 2013 U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious Mon, Aug 5 2013 REFILE-U.S. lawmaker says al Qaeda threat most serious in years Sun, Aug 4 2013 Analysis & Opinion What failed in Pakistan won’t work in Egypt A police patrol vehicle is seen at a barricade outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa August 5, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah SANAA | Tue Aug 6, 2013 4:53am EDT SANAA (Reuters) - The United States told its citizens in Yemen on Tuesday to leave the country immediately due to the threat of "terrorist attacks", the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The State Department also said it had ordered non-essential U.S. government staff in Yemen to leave the country. The new measures followed a heightened security warning from Washington on Friday that prompted the closure of several Western embassies in Yemen and several U.S. missions across the Middle East and Africa. It also came after at least four suspected al Qaeda members were killed in what local tribal leaders said was a U.S. drone strike in central Yemen early on Tuesday. "The Department urges U.S. citizens to defer travel to Yemen and those U.S. citizens currently living in Yemen to depart immediately," the statement posted on its website said. "On August 6, 2013, the Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel from Yemen due to the continued potential for terrorist attacks," it added. (Writing by Sami Aboudi; editing by Elizabeth Piper) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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