After a week of warnings of imminent attacks and terror threats, all but one of the 19 U.S. embassies closed last week have now reopened.
But the drone war over Yemen has escalated significantly and U.S. facilities there remain shut until further notice.
Iona Craig is in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a where she has been reporting for The Times of London.
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