UK to close embassy in Yemen as Ramadan ends
Updated: 2013-08-03 07:37
(Xinhua)
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LONDON - Britain will close its embassy in Yemen on Sunday and Monday driven by "increased security concerns" as a precautionary measure, media reports quoted foreign officials as saying on Friday.
The Foreign Office said it has withdrawed a number of staff from Yemen and advised British natinals against all travel there as security situation was particularly concerned in the final days of Ramadan.
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