US orders non-emergency staff to leave Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan

On Tuesday, the United States Department of State announced that it has ordered ​the departure ⁠of non-emergency US government personnel ⁠and ‌family members from ‌Bahrain, ⁠Iraq and Jordan, among other regions.

The order comes ‌as ‌the US ‌monitors ‌security and safety risks linked to its ⁠conflict ⁠with Iran in West Asia.

The department, in a series of posts on their social media handles, said it had updated travel advisories for various regions "to reflect the ordered departure of non-emergency US government personnel and family members of government personnel."

In a separate post, the department said its Iraq travel advisory was updated to reflect that it had on Monday "ordered non-emergency US government employees to leave Iraq due to security concerns." It did not mention their relatives.

(with inputs from agencies)