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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Matthew Lee

US orders staff to leave Beirut embassy as tensions with Iran grow

The United States has ordered nonessential diplomats and their family members at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a potentially imminent military strike.

The State Department said Monday in an updated travel alert for U.S. citizens in Lebanon that it “ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of government personnel due to the security situation in Beirut.”

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