The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and ...

U.S. Embassy in Baghdad urges citizens to flee Iraq, providing instructions for land border crossings to Turkey & Kuwait amid ...

By bnm Gulf bureau The US Embassy in Baghdad denied closing its compound on June 20, reaffirming its commitment to advancing American policy priorities in Iraq, an official press release stated. The ...

More personnel from the United States diplomatic mission departed Iraq over the weekend as part of ongoing efforts to reduce ...

US orders nonessential staffers to leave Baghdad Embassy as tensions rise — Trump adds: ‘Could be dangerous place’ By . Associated Press. Published June 11, 2025, 9:27 p.m. ET.

Rising tensions with Iran and fears of an Israeli strike prompted the U.S. to move some of its nonmilitary personnel out of ...

Pro-Iranian militias on Iraqi territory could attack US interests to support Tehran; but official Baghdad is eager to ...

The U.S. State Department has begun evacuating nonessential diplomats and their families from the U.S. embassy in Israel as ...

The Baghdad embassy has already been on limited staffing, and the order will not affect a large number of personnel. U.S. prepares to order departure of all nonessential staff from Baghdad embassy ...

The United States is reducing the number of people deemed nonessential to operations in the Middle East, the State Department has announced. The U.S. is also authorizing nonessential personnel and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is preparing to order the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad due to the potential for regional unrest, two U.S ...