US | US Consulate US to Reopen Most Diplomatic Posts Facilities in Yemen and Pakistan will remain closed By Neal Colgrass Posted Aug 9, 2013 6:31 PM CDT Copied A Jordanian military vehicle drives around the U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, one of 19 American diplomatic posts ordered closed following terror threats. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon) The State Department plans to reopen all but one of the diplomatic posts it shuttered this week over a possible al-Qaeda attack, reports CNN. Only the embassy in Sanaa Yemen will stay closed over continued concerns of a terror strike. The Obama administration will reopen 18 other facilities throughout North Africa and the Middle East on Sunday. In a separate incident, the US pulled most personnel from its consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday; that consulate will stay closed for now. Read These Next President asks nation's top generals to loosen up. Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Government shutdown is here. Here's what to expect. Federal judge rips into Trump himself in deportation ruling. Report an error