US Embassy Orders Emergency Departure of Personnel From Iraq

The U.S. Embassy ordered the departure of nonemergency U.S. government officials in Iraq.

A general view shows the U.S. Embassy across the Tigris river in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Embassy in Iraq has issued a “security alert” for the country and ordered the departure of nonemergency U.S. government officials and their family members.

In a bulletin issued on Oct. 22, the embassy stated that “non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members” should leave the country amid “increased security threats against U.S. government personnel and interests.”