The US is ordering all non-emergency government employees to leave Iraq ‘as soon as possible’ amid rising tensions with Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the U.S. Embassy compound in the Iraqi capital Baghdad

  • The US Department of State has ordered all non-emergency US government employees out of Iraq, a security notice announced Wednesday.
  • Evacuating personnel were told to “depart Iraq by commercial transportation as soon as possible” and “avoid US facilities within Iraq.”
  • The decision comes amid rising tensions with Iran, which the US recently accused of plotting attacks on US interests in the region.
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The US Department of State sent out a notice Wednesday ordering all non-emergency US government employees to leave Iraq immediately.

Without giving a reason for the partial evacuation, the notice said that employees should “depart read more >>>

Source : BusinessInsider.Com

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