US embassy in Iraq orders non-emergency staff to leave country

  • 📰 SkyNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 67%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

The US embassy in Iraq says the state department has ordered all non-emergency government staff to leave the country immediately.

The move comes amid escalating tensions with Iran, after Washington last week said it had detected new and urgent threats from the country.On Sunday, the embassy advised Americans to avoid travel to Iraq, citing"heightened tensions".

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Which is a lot of hassle for a threat which doesn't even exist in John Bolton's head.

Iraq ought to ask USA's military to leave Iraq.

What the hell are they playing at !!

Drone strikes incoming?

Wag the dog !

Yep, let them deal with it

If you're listening Britain please stay out of it we have our own problems

Here we go 🔴⚪️⚫️ FabrizioRomano

Uh oh. Don't panic everyone. Just routine. Nothing to flee here.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 35. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

US issues urgent order for non-emergency employees to leave IraqThe US military is concerned about the threat of Iranian-backed forces in the neighbouring country
Source: The Mirror - 🏆 136. / 51 Read more »

No Iran threat in Syria or Iraq, top British officer says, contradicting USDeputy commander of anti-Isis coalition rebuts White House justification for sending troops The US is MUCH MORE of a threat to the ME and the UK than Iran. Doesn’t matter, we’ll end up following them in, unfortunately The US is a colony of Israel
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

US military in Syria and Iraq on high alert for ‘IMMINENT THREAT’ from Iran-backed forcesUS MILITARY personnel have been put on high alert in Iraq and Syria over fears of an “imminent threat” from Iranian-backed forces. Mr. President, going after forces, in Iraq, allied with Iran, would be the proper thing to do. Trump CNN NYTimes WashingtonPost
Source: Daily Express - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

US 'to deploy 120k troops' if Iran attacks American forces in echos of IraqTHE US is planning to deploy as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East if Iran attacks American forces, a bombshell report claimed last night. In chilling echoes of the invasion of Iraq, US defe… USA attacks other countries like Hitler.
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

US orders citizens to leave Iraq ‘AS SOON AS POSSIBLE’ - warning issued as visas SUSPENDEDWASHINGTON has urged US Government employees to leave Iraq 'as soon as possible' and warned normal visa services will be 'temporarily suspended'. See America is making enemies again is there any country on the planet that likes them or do they just want their money
Source: Daily Express - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

Trump's trade war on China threatens to damage us all, says STEPHEN POLLARDWHATEVER you think of Donald Trump's decision to increase tariffs on a range of Chinese goods to 25 per cent, the one thing that can't be said is that it's a surprise.
Source: Daily Express - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

'Don't test us': UK's Iranian ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad issues warning to USHamid Baeidinejad tells Sky News that Iranian armed forces are 'fully ready for any eventuality in the region'. Israel colluded with Trump He will you can guarantee that 😬
Source: SkyNews - 🏆 35. / 67 Read more »

Fears US and Iran could stumble into war as US-bound oil tankers sabotagedAMERICA and Iran are in danger of stumbling into war as tensions between the two countries continue to rise, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned. A huge US naval presence has built up in the G… Probably a fed flag operation by the USA to make some bullshit excuse for more war.
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

Robert Fisk: Why didn't Mike Pompeo talk to Iran's most important supporter in Iraq?Hadi al-Ameri calls himself an Iraqi first, a Shiite second, but there's no doubting his links with key figures across the border. The US secretary of state would have been wise to seek him out Pompous Pompeo
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »

Army PT instructor died from sepsis just hours after joking he had man fluSimon Jones served a long military career and had completed two tours of Iraq.
Source: MetroUK - 🏆 13. / 82 Read more »

Iraq soldier blamed himself for death of girl, 3, hanged when he gave her waterWHEN young soldier Kevin Holt came across a three-year-old in distress on a hot and dusty day in Iraq, he automatically reached into his bag and gave her his bottle of water. But the kind Doncaster…
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »