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Japan, Turkey Shut Embassy in Strife-torn Yemen
2015-02-17
Poor Yemen. They just don't seem able to cope with anything more recent than about 1200 AD.
[AnNahar] Japan and Turkey said Monday they had temporarily shut their embassies in Yemen, adding to the latest exodus of foreign diplomats over security fears after a Shiite militia takeover.

Operations at the Japanese mission in Sanaa were suspended as of Sunday due to the "worsening security situation" in the country, the foreign ministry said.

Its staff have evacuated to the Japanese embassy in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
, from where they will be fulfilling some duties.

Tokyo has urged its citizens to leave the strife-racked country as the security situation deteriorates.

Turkey on the other hand also said it was temporarily closing its embassy in Yemen, following the takeover of power by the Huthis.

The foreign ministry said in a statement that the decision had been taken due to the "deterioration in security" in the country.

"We hope that the authority of the state is reestablished in Yemen so that we can resume our diplomatic services in this friendly state."

Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, the United States, La Belle France, Germany, Italia, Britannia, the Netherlands, The United Arab Emirates, Spain and Japan have all shuttered their embassies in Sanaa.
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