The UK embassy in Yemeni
capital Sanaa will open "as normal" on Sunday after staff were withdrawn
earlier this month due to "increased security concerns".
Announcing the news on Twitter, British ambassador Jane Marriott apologised for a "brief hiatus".
All UK staff based in Sanaa were sent home after messages
between the head of al-Qaeda and the group's head in Yemen about a major
attack were intercepted.
US embassies across the Middle East and North Africa were also closed.
A terror alert was sparked after secret plans discussed by
al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri and Nasser al-Wuhayshi were picked up
by US intelligence officials.
Unprecedented security measures were taken in Sanaa, with hundreds of armoured vehicles deployed.
Speaking at the time, the BBC's Abdullah Ghorab, in Sanaa,
said a security source had confirmed that Yemeni intelligence services
had discovered that dozens of al-Qaeda members had arrived in the city
in the preceding days in preparation for a major attack.
The source suggested it was to include explosions and suicide
attacks aimed at Western diplomatic missions and Yemeni military
headquarters.
Yemen is the base of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
(AQAP), which has recently suffered a series of setbacks after the
military launched an offensive in June with the help of US forces.
The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to the whole country.
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