US to re-open diplomatic missions

The US Embassies and Consulates were closed temporarily due to terrorist threat.

The US Embassy in the Yemen\'s capital Sanaa will remain closed.

"The consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore, which closed after a separate threat, will also not reopen yet," BBC reported.

A Yemeni government spokesman on Wednesday claimed that they have foiled a plot by al-Qaeda militants who were planning to capture oil and gas facilities and seize two key ports in the country, media reports said.

"The Yemeni government ended an al Qaeda plot to attack strategic locations in Mukalla and Shabwa," Yemeni government spokesman Rajeh Badi told CNN.

"Large numbers of government forces are making sure the Yemeni coasts are safe from any al Qaeda attack. Al Qaeda sought to attack the oil pipelines but failed and tried to attack through the coast of Mukalla but failed as well," he said.

Amid fears of a terrorist attack in Yemen, the US on Tuesday directed its citizens to immediately leave the country.

The UK on the other hand withdrew all staff from its embassy in Yemen.