The State Department orders non-emergency US government staff to leave Iraq as tensions flare with Iran. US citizens are warned against travel there.
Washington The State Department ordered Wednesday the departure of non-emergency US government employees from Iraq amid increasing tensions with Iran and warned US citizens not to travel to the country, citing a"high risk for violence and kidnapping."
The department said in a statement that employees working in the US embassy in Baghdad and the US consulate in Erbil were instructed to leave Iraq, and that"normal visa services will be temporarily suspended at both posts." It added that American Citizens Services employees who were working in the embassy in Baghdad"will continue to provide consular services to U.S. citizens in Basrah.
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