US Department of State brings employees back to Yemen

The U.S Department of State issued a new travel warning on August 13 in which it has lifted the ordered departure status of non-essential American employees and adult family members of all employees at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa.  This decision has come two days following the Yemeni  security authorities storming an al-Qaeda terrorist cell in Tarim, killing five of them including the mastermind of that terrorist attacks that targeted the US Embassy and a resident compound of some US citizens, and arresting two others. 

The Yemeni foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi praised the Yemeni security apparatuses for their successful operation. He also said that the latest decision of the US department of state proved that the department’s last decision to withdraw its employees was wrong and that the Yemeni security apparatuses were qualified and able to foil any terrorist plans.

He said that this proved Yemen’s constable attitudes and that the US department of state warnings that ordered the departure from Yemen of non-emergency American employees of the U.S. Embassy and eligible family members was baseless.

On April 7, the Department of State had ordered the departure from Yemen of non-emergency American employees of the U.S. Embassy and eligible family members. The Department recommends that American citizens defer non-essential travel to Yemen.

Americans who believe they are being followed or threatened while driving in urban centers should proceed as quickly as possible to the nearest police station or major intersection and request assistance from the officers in the blue-and-white police cars stationed there.

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