Reported Threats from Al-Qaida has led to the closure of the US Embassy in Yemen. Reports also state that these threats come from the same group that was responsible for the attempted bomb attack on Christmas Day. John Brennan, deputy National Security Advisor had this to say about the closure

There are indications that al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula is targeting our embassy and targeting our personnel and we are not going to take any chances with the lives of our diplomats and others who are at that embassy,

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The president's homeland security advisor told the FOX News Sunday television program the United States is working with the Yemeni government to deal with the terrorist threat.

The British, who also had to close there Embassy due to similar threats, has agreed to co-fund a Yemen led counter-terrorism police force, planned to stop closures like these from happening in the future in Yemen.