State Confirms Death Of U.S. Man In Sanaa

An American citizen has died in war-torn Yemen, said the U.S. State Dept., as cited by USA Today.

John Hamen, of Chesapeake, Va., was confirmed to have died in Yemen, according to a State Dept. spokesman on Monday.

Details were sketchy. State said that under the “respect for the privacy of Mr. Hamen's family, we do not have any additional details to provide."

Last week, some accounts reported that two unnamed contractors had been detained at the airport in Sanaa, Yemen's...