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US urges citizens to immediately depart over a dozen Middle Eastern countries

  • Middle East tensions spike after US-Israel strikes on Iran
Published March 3, 2026 Updated March 3, 2026 04:03am
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The U.S. Department of State on Monday called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East amid U.S-Israeli strikes against Iran.

Americans were urged to depart using commercial means from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, according to Mora Namdar, the State Department’s assistant secretary for consular affairs

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