US EditionAmericans Urged to Evacuate Iraq Amid Strikes on Iran-Backed Militias in the Country
The U.S. Embassy raised threat level to Level 4 due to missile, drone, and rocket risks after strikes on Iran-backed militias, urging Americans to leave Iraq immediately.
- Amid a recent drone strike, the U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Iraq raised its threat level to 'Level 4: Do Not Travel' and urged American citizens to leave or reconsider staying.
- On Monday, officials reported that positions of the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces near Mosul were hit by fighter-jet strikes, reportedly involving U.S. military forces increasing operations against militias.
- Reports from Erbil described Iran-aligned groups accused of firing rockets, missiles and drones into the Kurdistan region, while officials said several loud explosions on Monday were likely coalition forces striking the area.
- The embassy warned that the International Zone in central Baghdad remains closed, and 'Do not attempt to come to the embassy in Baghdad or the consulate general in Erbil' due to ongoing missile, drone, and rocket risks.
- Pentagon and media outlets confirm all six crew on a KC-135 refuelling aircraft were killed, raising the U.S. military death toll to 13; eight service members are severely injured and 2,200 Marines head to the Middle East.
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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…
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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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