Yemen

Yemen: State Department Warns Against Travel to Yemen

Date: June 6th, 2011 |

The U.S. State Department issued a warning advising against all travel to Yemen because of high terrorist threat levels and civil unrest. Some non-emergency government employees as well as all eligible family members of U.S. government employees have been ordered to leave. Citizens in the country are urged to avoid all protests, even if they [read more]

USA-Bound Travelers from “Countries of Interest” Face Tightened Security

Date: January 6th, 2010 |

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Anyone flying to the U.S. from or through countries the U.S. government considers state sponsors of terrorism or “other countries of interest” will face enhanced screening under new security measures that took effect Jan. 4. Countries the U.S. considers state sponsors of terrorism are Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria, and the “other countries of interest” [read more]

Yemen: Violence in South Raises Concerns about Country Splitting

Date: May 6th, 2009 |

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Several violent incidents occurred in Yemen in the past year, and violence in the south in late April-early May raised concerns that the government may now be facing a second insurgency and the threat that the country could dissolve. A prominent tribal leader called for a separate southern state at a large rally on April [read more]

Yemen: Attack on U.S. Embassy

Date: September 25th, 2008 |

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The attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa Sept. 17, believed to have been carried out by the al-Qaeda network, has authorities worried about a larger issue: militants returning from Iraq schooled in more aggressive forms of terrorism than Yemen had previously seen. Officials worry that this new generation of terrorists will be ruthless in [read more]

Yemen: Attack on Tourist Site

Date: July 4th, 2007 |

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Authorities have tightened security around government buildings and foreign facilities in response to the suicide car bombing of a group of Spanish tourists at an archaeological site in the troubled eastern province of Marib. Seven Spanish citizens and two Yemenis were killed in the bombing, which was blamed on al-Qaeda. The U.S. Embassy in Sana’a [read more]

Yemen: State Department Warns Against Travel to Yemen

Date: March 16th, 2011 |

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The U.S. State Department advised Americans not to travel to Yemen and said those currently in the country should consider leaving. Due to rising terrorism threats and civil unrest the State Department also called for all nonessential government personnel in Yemen to leave the country. Because of an absence of infrastructure, geographic constraints and general [read more]

Yemen: 7 of 9 Abducted Foreigners Killed in North

Date: June 17th, 2009 |

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Nine foreigners, including three children, were abducted June 11 in northern Yemen near the city of Sa’ada, and seven of them were found murdered on June 15. Two of the children were found alive. Authorities suspected Shiite Zaidi rebels but they denied the charge. Other analysts feared the execution of foreigners signaled a new turn [read more]

Yemen: Kidnappings in Bait Bous, Sana’a Suburb

Date: December 18th, 2008 |

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The U.S. Embassy in Sana’a reported that three Germans were kidnapped in the Bait Bous tourist area in the Sana’a suburbs recently, and around the same time a Western diplomat escaped what appeared to be a kidnapping attempt on the road to Bait Bous. The Embassy urged U.S. citizens to avoid the Bait Bous area [read more]

Yemen: Attacks on Foreign Residences, U.S. Embassy Prompt Departure of Embassy Personnel

Date: April 10th, 2008 |

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The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa has ordered the departure of non-emergency staff and their families from Yemen following a series of violent incidents, most recently the April 6 attack on the Hadda residential compound in Sanaa where many foreigners live and the March 18 mortar attack on the U.S. Embassy. Three explosive rounds were fired [read more]

Yemen: More Kidnappings of Westerners

Date: January 3rd, 2006 |

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Five Italian tourists were kidnapped a day after a former German diplomat and his family were released unharmed from a four-day kidnapping. These incidents followed on the heels of the abduction of two Austrians in December who were also released unharmed. The incident with the Italians was the fifth kidnapping in a year and the [read more]

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