Amid Air Travel Disruptions, U.S. Urges Americans to Leave the Middle East

On Tuesday, the United States said it was pulling out non-essential personnel from several U.S. missions across the Middle East and advised American citizens to immediately leave the region even as air travel remains severely disrupted due to U.S.-Israeli military operation on Iran.

The U.S. State Department announced that it had ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and their family members from U.S. embassies in Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan. Similar measures have already been taken for U.S. missions in Lebanon and Israel.

It has also on Monday urged American citizens across 16 countries in the Middle ​East to leave now using "available commercial transportation." The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem said it was unable to offer assistance to Americans trying to leave.

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