Chinese Navy Evacuates Citizens And Foreigners From Yemen. U.S. Citizens Are Stranded.

Soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army stand on the deck before a fleet sets out for Aden, Yemen, from Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, April 3, 2015. China has said it helped 10 countries evacuate 225 of their citizens from Yemen, where Iran-allied rebels have seized the two main cities, the first Beijing has assisted in the evacuation of foreign nationals during an international crisis.

Business Insider: China just carried out its first-ever evacuation of another countries' citizens

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese naval frigate has evacuated 225 foreign citizens from strife-torn Yemen, its foreign ministry said, marking the first time that China’s military has helped other countries evacuate their people during an international crisis.

Ten different nationalities were among the evacuees picked up on Thursday afternoon from Aden, Yemen’s second city, and transported to Djibouti, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on its website late Thursday.

The ministry said foreign governments – Pakistan, Ethiopia, Singapore, Italy, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Britain, Canada and Yemen – had requested China’s help. A spokeswoman said it was the first time China had carried out a specific evacuation of foreign nationals from a danger zone.

Update #1: Yemen crisis: China evacuates citizens and foreigners from Aden -- BBC

WNU Editor: This is very telling .... China evacuates its citizens and foreigners from Yemen .... U.S. citizens feel abandoned .... Americans in Yemen fear they have been left behind as bombing escalates (The Guardian). In fact .... there is no plan to evacuate them .... Washington Has No Evacuation Plans for US Citizens Stranded in Yemen (Sputnik).

Update #2: US State Department Issues Travel Warning For Yemen But Will Not Conduct A Government-Led Evacuation Of Americans -- IBTimes

WNU Editor: This is becoming typical of U.S. main stream news coverage .... very little if any news media coverage of this story .... and almost none on U.S. citizens being stranded.