British Embassy in Yemen Reopens after Terror Alert

The British embassy in Yemen reopened on Sunday, two weeks after closing along with U.S. and other Western missions over a terror alert, diplomats said.

"We are open as normal," the British ambassador to Yemen, Jane Marriott, wrote on her Twitter account on Sunday, the first day of the week in Yemen.

Marriott announced on Thursday that she had returned to Sanaa and that the embassy would be opening within days.

Britain was among several Western countries which closed their embassies on August 4 following U.S. warnings of an al-Qaida attack. A few days later it withdrew all diplomatic staff.

The U.S. embassy in Sanaa remains closed, although U.S. missions elsewhere which closed due to the alert have reopened.

The French embassy also continues to be shuttered to the public, according to its website.