The US said "recent unilateral actions" had disrupted the political transition process in Yemen
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US, UK and France are closing their embassies in Yemen due to the
deteriorating security situation and political crisis in the country.
The US and UK governments have withdrawn diplomatic staff from Sanaa and urged their citizens to leave.France's embassy in the capital has announced that it will close on Friday.
The moves come as the UN attempts to broker talks between political factions and Shia rebels who control Sanaa and dissolved parliament last week.
President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his cabinet resigned on 22 January after the rebels, known as Houthis, overran the presidential palace and placed them under effective house arrest.
The Houthis have taken over predominantly Sunni parts of central and western Yemen in recent months, sparking battles with tribesmen and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), after advancing from their stronghold in the far north and seizing Sanaa in September.
The crisis has threatened to derail the UN-backed transition to democracy launched after mass protests forced long time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power to Mr Hadi in 2011.
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