The Department of State (DOS) indicated that 18 of the 19 U.S. Embassies and Consulates that were recently closed due to security threats in the region were reopened on August 11, 2013. The Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen remains closed due to ongoing security concerns. The Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, which was closed on August 8, 2013, also remains closed.
Below is a list of the Embassies and Consulates that were closed from Monday, August 5, 2013 through Saturday, August 10, 2013:
- U.S. Embassy Antananarivo, Madagascar
- U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- U.S. Embassy Amman, Jordan
- U.S. Embassy Bujumbura, Burundi
- U.S. Embassy Cairo, Egypt
- U.S. Consulate Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- U.S. Embassy Djibouti, Djibouti
- U.S. Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh
- U.S. Embassy Doha, Qatar
- U.S. Consulate Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- U.S. Consulate Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- U.S. Embassy Khartoum, Sudan
- U.S. Embassy Kigali, Rwanda
- U.S. Embassy Kuwait City, Kuwait
- U.S. Embassy Manama, Bahrain
- U.S. Embassy Muscat, Oman
- U.S. Embassy Port Louis, Mauritius
- U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- U.S. Embassy Sana’a, Yemen
- U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Libya