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US State Dept ordered the departure of non-emergency employees from Iraq, amid rising tensions between the US, Iraq’s neighbour Iran.
The US State Department has ordered the departure of non-emergency employees from Iraq, amid rising tensions between the US and Iraq’s neighbour Iran.
The US Embassy in Baghdad advised such employees to leave Iraq by commercial transportation as soon as possible. Referring to the embassy and the US consulate in Erbil, the State Department said that normal visa services at both posts will be temporarily suspended.
On Tuesday, US Central Command had warned in a statement that Iranian-backed forces presented ‘credible and possibly imminent threats to US forces in Iraq, without disclosing further details.