US Embassies in Middle East and North Africa Close After Terror Alert

Author:
Euronews
Publisher:
Euronews
Publication Date:
4 August 2013
Tags:
North Africa, United States, Canada and Africa, International Terrorism

21 US embassies and consulates were shut in the Middle East and North Africa on Sunday after a warning about a possible Al Qaeda terror attack. The UK has closed its embassy in Yemen for two days and the Foreign Office is urging Britons to leave Yemen. The French and German embassies are also shut.

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