US-Iran Crisis Escalates
US announces closure of embassies:
- The US on 15th May ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and consulate in Arbil as tensions mount between the US and Iran. Arbil is the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital, in northern Iraq.
- The US advisory announced the partial embassy closures and warned of possible attacks by the numerous terrorist and insurgent groups active in Iraq which could threaten US citizens and Western companies in Iraq.
- Iran has a strong influence in Iraq, especially in the country’s Shiite-majority south.
- Meanwhilethe US has warned that it would respond with “unrelenting force” to ....
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