US pulling staff from embassy in Beirut amid Iran tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The US State Department is pulling out non-essential government personnel and their eligible family members from the US Embassy in Beirut, a senior State Department official said Monday, amid growing concerns about the risk of a military conflict with Iran. "We continuously assess the security environment, and based on our latest review, we determined it prudent to reduce our footprint to essential personnel," said a senior State Department official, speaking on conditi
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US pulling staff from embassy in Beirut amid Iran tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The US State Department is pulling out non-essential government personnel and their eligible family members from the US Embassy in Beirut, a senior State Department official said Monday, amid growing concerns about the risk of a military conflict with Iran. "We continuously assess the security environment, and based on our latest review, we determined it prudent to reduce our footprint to essential personnel," said a senior State Department official, speaking on conditi
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US Begins Evacuating Some Personnel From Beirut Embassy As Iran War Looms When it comes to the Middle East and rising tensions, the most watched US diplomatic compound in the whole region is the American embassy in Beirut. When things get hot, or America is at war, the threat level is always raised here first - given also that it has in the past been attacked, especially in the early 1980s with suicide bombings. Now with potential war with Iran looming, the US State Department i...
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