Yemen: The United States has decided to close its embassy in war-stuck Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula state which is the front-runner in Washington's war against Al-Qaeda. The information has been confirmed to media by the embassy employees and US officials.
US officials in Washington confirmed that the embassy is closing due to the volatile security situation of the country on the verge of full-blown civil war.
The embassy employees have confirmed that the ambassador and the other US staff would leave by Wednesday.
Washington may further ask Turkish or Algerian embassies in Sanaa to look after US interests.
On a somewhat similar track, British, French and German embassies missions' had also been doing away with documents and have given local staff two months' paid leave.
France's foreign ministry said that it was monitoring the situation but declined to admit if the embassy would take the call to shut its operations.
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Political parties in Sanaa are also trying to work out a transitional administration arrangements with the support of UN.
Yemen is known to be a home to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the most active branches of the global Sunni Islamist group. For a long time, drones were used as weapons by US to attack militants in the area. However; the strategy fell flat and has evoked strong anti-US sentiments.
Last month, Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim Houthi fighters seized control of the state's capital Sanna and the presidential palace, forcing President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his government to resign.
