U.S., U.K., France close Yemen embassies amid security chaos

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In a statement Wednesday on its website, the French embassy said the offices would close as of Friday, and told French citizens to leave the country "as soon as possible."
The U.S. embassy closure will not affect counter-terrorism operations against al-Qaeda's Yemen branch, which the U.S. views as the world's most dangerous branch of the terror group.
Yemen is the Arab world's poorest country and it has been in crisis for months as fighters led by Iran-linked Abdel-Malek al-Houthi last week dissolved parliament and claimed formal control of the government.
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi resigned in January and has since been under house arrest, and Houthi has repeatedly warned against foreign intervention.
"We will not accept pressures. They are of no use," al-Houthi said in a speech on Tuesday. "Whoever harms the interest of this country could see that their interests in this country are also harmed."

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