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The US embassy in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, has been attacked by a suicide bomber and armed fighters, witnesses have told Al Jazeera.
A suicide bomber on Wednesday morning drove a car close to the embassy before detonating his explosives, witnesses said, leaving part of the building on fire.
Armed men then attacked the embassy from a second car, they said.
A US embassy spokesman confirmed the attack and said there were reports of causalities.
A group called Islamic Jihad in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened to target the British, Emirati and Saudi embassies in Sanaa.
Police cordon
A vehicle was on fire on the road past the embassy compound's perimeter and police have sealed off the area, witnesses said.
Roads leading to the embassy were closed after the attack.
Mohammed al-Qadi, a political columnist for the Yemen Times, said: "There is a lot of security blocking the way that leads to the US embassy. I can see a lot of soldiers and ambulances."
"According to the information we have, there have been some casualties among the soldiers who were standing in front of the gates to the embassy."
The US state department in April ordered all non-essential diplomatic staff to leave the country after an attack on the embassy claimed by al-Qaeda the previous month.
A residential compound used by US oil workers in Sanaa had also come under attack from rockets at that time.
The embassy called on Americans in Yemen to "exercise caution and take prudent security measures, including maintaining a high level of vigilance, avoiding crowds and demonstrations, keeping a low profile, varying times and routes for all travel".
There have been several attacks by fighters in Yemen in recent years.
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View of the US Embassy in Sanaa.
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