WORLDWIDE TRAVEL ALERT

May 23, 2011

The Department of State is advising U.S. citizens in Sanaa that U.S. Embassy employees are currently restricted from an area of the city, beginning near Hadda Water Factory.  The boundaries of the area, roughly a rectangle, are defined as:

24th Street east to 14th of October Street,

14th of October Street south to 50 Meter Road,

50 Meter Road west to Zero Street,

Zero Street north back to 24th Street. 

The restriction is due to the presence of armed militia in the area.  U.S. citizens are urged to take the same security precaution.  This does not replace the Travel Warning for Yemen issued on March 6, 2011, and U.S. citizens may want to review the information contained in it.

Due to the fluid security situation in the city, the Consular Section is closed to the public for Tuesday and Wednesday, May 24 and May 25, 2011, and will be providing emergency American citizen services only.

The U.S. Embassy Sana'a, is located at Dhahr Himyar Zone, Sheraton Hotel District, P.O. Box 22347. The telephone number of the Consular Section is (967) (1) 755-2000, extension 2153 or 2266. For after-hours emergencies, please call (967) (1) 755-2000 (press zero for extension) or (967) 733-213-509. From time to time the Embassy may temporarily close or suspend public services for security reasons. Emergency assistance to U.S. citizens during non-business hours (or when public access is restricted) is available through Embassy duty personnel.

For the latest security information, U.S. citizens living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Alerts, Travel Warnings, and Country Specific Information can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States and Canada or, for callers in other countries by calling a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).