{{The Foreign Office is continuing to “strongly urge” Britons to leave Yemen as a two-day closure of its embassy begins amid a terrorism warning.}}
It also advised against travel to Yemen due to “increased security concerns”.
The closure of the Sanaa embassy, which had already been operating only with essential staff, was said to be a “precautionary measure” until Tuesday.
The French and German embassies are also shut as are US diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa.
US officials met in Washington on Saturday to review the threat of a terrorist attack that led to the Sunday closure of 21 embassies and consulates and a global travel warning to Americans.
It came after the US reportedly intercepted al-Qaeda messages, which, it has been claimed, were between senior figures talking about a plot against an embassy.
Meanwhile, Interpol issued a separate global security alert, citing jail breaks linked to al-Qaeda in nine countries.
The international policing organisation said “hundreds of terrorists” had been freed during breakouts in countries including Iraq, Libya and Pakistan in the past month.
Several hundred Britons are thought to live in Yemen, with most working for the embassy, charities, UN organisations and oil companies.
BBC
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