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Relations with South Yemen had been established in 1967 and broken in 1969. On May 22, 1990, the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) united and formed a united Republic of Yemen. The existing U.S. embassy in San'a (North Yemen) became the
The 2021 occupation of the United States embassy compound in Yemen was the breach of the former US Embassy compound in Sanaa by Iran-backed Houthi militants on 10 November 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Twenty five U.S. contractors were taken hostage; [ 3 ] the U.S. government declined to confirm how many, [ 4 ] but said it was "unceasing in our behind-the ...
The Yemen Arab Republic severed relations with the United States June 7, 1967. A U.S. Interests Section was established in the Italian Embassy on April 10, 1970. The embassy in San'a was re-established on July 1, 1972. The first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, William R. Crawford, Jr., was appointed on October 12, 1972.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Yemen. Due to the Yemeni Civil War , several countries have closed their embassies in Sana'a. Other countries have relocated their embassies to the southern city of Aden .
South Yemen. The United States recognized the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1967 and moved to establish diplomatic relations. A U.S. embassy in Aden was established on December 7, 1967, with William L. Eagleton, Jr., as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. In June 1969, a radical Marxist wing of NLF gained power. The new regime severed ...
On 17 September 2008, a group of seven militants attacked the United States embassy in Sanaa, Yemen.The attackers first attempted to infiltrate the embassy compound disguised as security forces, but later resorted to an attempt to breach the wall of the embassy with a suicide car bomb after they were compromised, though the bombing failed as the vehicle had detonated from an inner security ...
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
Fagin is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of minister–counselor; he joined in 1997. [3] Early in his career, Fagin was the director of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, the political-economic counselor of the U.S. embassy in Brussels, Belgium and the deputy political counselor of the U.S. embassy in ...