U.S. citizens in Yemen find few options for help

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Washington Examiner:

The Defense Department has not been asked by the State Department to assist in the evacuation of any remaining U.S. citizens in Yemen despite its continued assistance of the Saudi-led bombing campaign there.

 

On Wednesday, the State Department released information on what actions it has taken to assist the estimated several hundred U.S. citizens who remain in Yemen. The embassy evacuated the majority of its personnel in fall 2014 — and at the time warned all remaining U.S. citizens who chose to remain there to make emergency plans in case Yemen's security situation fell apart.

 

Many U.S. citizens with familial or commercial ties to Yemen remained. Last month they have fled to nearby Djibouti by the hundreds as U.S. intelligence and refueling efforts assisted a Saudi bombing campaign against Houthi rebels there. At the end of April, the warning from the State Department was clear: You're on your own.