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.
The following posts will be closed on Monday, August 5 through Saturday, August 10, 2013. Further information will be posted on each Embassy or Consulate website as it becomes available, at which time links will be posted below. A Worldwide Travel Alert has also been issued.
Posts closed Monday, August 5 – Saturday, August 10:
U.S. Embassy Antananarivo, Madagascar
U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
U.S. Embassy Amman, Jordan
U.S. Embassy Bujumbura, Burundi
U.S. Embassy Cairo, Egypt
U.S. Consulate Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Djibouti
U.S. Embassy Doha, Qatar
U.S. Consulate Dubai, United Arab Emirates
U.S. Consulate Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Khartoum, Sudan
U.S. Embassy Kigali, Rwanda
U.S. Embassy Kuwait City, Kuwait
U.S. Embassy Manama, Bahrain
U.S. Embassy Muscat, Oman
U.S. Embassy Port Louis, Mauritius
U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
U.S. Embassy Sana’a, Yemen
U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Libya
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.
Courtesy: U.S. State Department