Oman has ordered the staff of its embassy to leave Yemen and head to Muscat for the time being after threats from an anonymous group, Alahale reported, quoting a diplomat at the embassy on Saturday.
"The Omani embassy in Yemen received threats from unknown people. The Sultanate of Oman took the threats seriously and ordered its staff to leave the country indefinitely," the diplomat said, according to the website.
"The embassy did not close its door. The ambassador and the Omani staff have just been ordered by the Omani Foreign Ministry to head to Muscat," the diplomat said.
The Yemeni workers continue and will continue their work at the embassy until the Omani staff is ordered to come back, the diplomat said. "The Omani authorities are currently contacting the Yemeni authorities to upgrade security around the embassy compound and the residence of the Omani staff".
"The staff will resume job, expectedly within a month, when the Omani authorities get sure the security level around the embassy is much better," the website quoted the diplomat as saying.
Weeks ago, the Saudi embassy was shut down in protest at the continuous detention of the Saudi consul, Abdullah Al-Khalidi, who was abducted and taken to Shabwa province in March.
Al-Qaida, which has also abducted a Swiss woman and a Frenchman in the past two months, was behind the abduction of the Saudi consul in Aden.
The authorities are exerting major efforts to release the foreigners amid continuous battles on the militants in southern and southeastern regions including Shabwa and Abyan.