The list of closed embassies and consulates
The State Department announced that 20 embassies and consulates in the Middle East and Africa will be closed through Saturday.
A press release on the department's website Sunday said the closures were out of an "abundance of caution" and not an "indication of a new threat." The closures, which the State Department said may be updated, are:
U.S. embassies in Antananarivo, Madagascar; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Amman, Jordan; Bujumbura, Burundi; Cairo, Egypt; Djibouti, Djibouti; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Khartoum, Sudan; Kigali, Rwanda; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Manama, Bahrain; Muscat, Oman; Port Louis, Mauritius; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Sana'a, Yemen; Tripoli, Libya; and Doha, Qatar.
Also U.S. consulates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
A worldwide travel alert remains in effect until Aug. 31. That alert warns U.S. citizens that al-Qaeda and affiliated groups continue to plan terrorist attacks particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/05/embassies-consulates-closures-terror-threat/2618639/
A press release on the department's website Sunday said the closures were out of an "abundance of caution" and not an "indication of a new threat." The closures, which the State Department said may be updated, are:
U.S. embassies in Antananarivo, Madagascar; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Amman, Jordan; Bujumbura, Burundi; Cairo, Egypt; Djibouti, Djibouti; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Khartoum, Sudan; Kigali, Rwanda; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Manama, Bahrain; Muscat, Oman; Port Louis, Mauritius; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Sana'a, Yemen; Tripoli, Libya; and Doha, Qatar.
Also U.S. consulates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
A worldwide travel alert remains in effect until Aug. 31. That alert warns U.S. citizens that al-Qaeda and affiliated groups continue to plan terrorist attacks particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/05/embassies-consulates-closures-terror-threat/2618639/
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