US EditionAmericans Urged to Evacuate Iraq Amid Strikes on Iran-Backed Militias in the Country
The U.S. Embassy's Level 4 warning follows multiple militia attacks and counterstrikes, with officials urging Americans to leave due to high risks from Iranian-backed groups.
- Recently, the U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Iraq raised its threat level to 'Level 4: Do Not Travel' after the embassy compound was struck by a drone, according to the embassy.
- On Monday, positions tied to the Popular Mobilization Forces were struck near Mosul by fighter jets, while Iran-aligned militias launched rockets and drones toward the Kurdistan region, prompting U.S. and coalition counterstrikes.
- U.S. casualties have risen, with 13 U.S. military deaths including seven from enemy fire after a refuelling KC-135 aircraft crash, eight severely injured, and 2,200 U.S. Marines headed to the Middle East.
- The International Zone in Baghdad remains closed with limited exceptions, and officials warned Americans who remain in Iraq of kidnapping risk amid Iran-aligned militia strike activity and explosions over Erbil.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes have hit more than 15,000 targets, while Iran reported more than 1,300 deaths and Lebanon 773.
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Americans urged to evacuate Iraq amid strikes on Iran-backed militias in the country
As the conflict with Iran intensifies across the Middle East, officials in Iraq are urging Americans to leave the country after multiple locations were targeted by airstrikes.The U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Iraq has raised its threat level for American citizens in the country to "Level 4: Do Not Travel" after the embassy was recently targeted by a drone strike. The embassy is now telling Americans who previously decided to stay in Iraq to recons…
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad again urges Americans to leave Iraq as Trump touts strikes on Iran
President Trump asserted Saturday that the U.S. military had “destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability,” and that American forces had on Friday bombed the crucial oil sea port, Kharg Island.Trump said the strikes had sought to avoid damaging the island’s oil facilities, which has become a major focal point during the war as concerns have grown globally about Iran’s energy exports.Kharg Island sits 15 miles off Iran’s southern coast and is cr…
How much have these 23 years cost the US and Iraq in dollars and lives? In Afghanistan, the US fought a 20-year war to replace the Taliban with the Taliban. Something similar is happening in Iraq. The US embassy in Baghdad has just asked all Americans to leave Iraq “immediately” due to attacks by Iran-backed militias, and Iraq announced earlier this year the full withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from federal territory. This marks a kind of …
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