State Department Issues Yemen Travel Warning
The State Department issued a travel warning for Yemen on August 6, advising U.S. citizens to defer travel to the country and urging those U.S. citizens residing in Yemen to depart immediately. The department ordered on August 6 the departure…
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of non-emergency U.S. government personnel from the country, citing concerns over the threat of a terrorist attack on U.S. interests. The department said embassy services to U.S. citizens are now limited. The travel warning follows the closure on August 4 of 19 U.S. diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa for nearly one week (see 13080511). The closure stems from widely-publicized reports and intelligence gathering that suggest Al-Qaeda and its affiliates are plotting an imminent attack that emanates from or may occur in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is located in the far southwest corner of the peninsula. The warning said the potential for demonstrations to turn violent is high.