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SANAA, Yemen – The U.S. Embassy in Yemen says it is closing its consular section for two days and ordered its personnel to stay out of a district in the capital because of unrest.
The embassy says the consular section will be closed Tuesday and Wedneday because of "the fluid security situation in the city."
It says embassy employees are "restricted" from part of Sanaa's Hadda neigborhood because of the "presence of armed militias."
On Sunday, armed supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh surrounded the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Hadda, trapping the American ambassador and other diplomats inside. Pro-Saleh militiamen flooded the streets on Sunday as the president refused to sign a U.S.-backed deal requiring him to step down in 30 days.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security forces and opposition tribal fighters battled with automatic weapons, mortars and tanks in the Yemeni capital on Monday, blasting buildings and setting government offices on fire in an eruption of violence after President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign an agreement calling on him to step down.
The embassy says the consular section will be closed Tuesday and Wedneday because of "the fluid security situation in the city."
It says embassy employees are "restricted" from part of Sanaa's Hadda neigborhood because of the "presence of armed militias."
On Sunday, armed supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh surrounded the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Hadda, trapping the American ambassador and other diplomats inside. Pro-Saleh militiamen flooded the streets on Sunday as the president refused to sign a U.S.-backed deal requiring him to step down in 30 days.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security forces and opposition tribal fighters battled with automatic weapons, mortars and tanks in the Yemeni capital on Monday, blasting buildings and setting government offices on fire in an eruption of violence after President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign an agreement calling on him to step down.
