A senior American official confirmed that the United States has evacuated its assets in the Aqaba region of Jordan and recommended that Jordan do the same, according to a report. No further details on the scope or timing of the evacuation have been provided.
A senior American official has confirmed that the United States evacuated its assets in the Aqaba region of Jordan and recommended that Jordanian authorities do the same, according to a single-source report. The confirmation, which offers no details on the type of assets, timeline, or rationale, follows a sequence of developments earlier today in which the US Embassy in Amman warned of a credible threat and Jordanian authorities reportedly denied the threat's existence.
At 13:29 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the US Embassy in Jordan announced Jordanian authorities had evacuated Aqaba's international airport and seaport in response to a specific and credible threat, advising American citizens not to travel to the area. Moments later, the same bulletin added that Jordanian authorities reportedly denied the existence of the threat. The sequence shifted from a formal embassy statement — an official US source — to a denial by Jordan, and now to an anonymous senior US official's confirmation of US asset evacuation, still unverified by on-record statements from Washington or Amman.
The Zioneer has previously reported on broader US military and diplomatic repositioning in the region, including the evacuation of the US Embassy in Jordan on July 9 and reports of a potential reduction of US forces in Saudi Arabia amid tensions over the war with Iran. The Aqaba area, which borders the Red Sea near the Israeli port of Eilat, is a strategic transit point for US assets.
The senior official's statement remains a single-source claim, with no corroboration from the US State Department, Pentagon, or Jordanian government. The scope of the evacuation — whether it includes military, diplomatic, or civilian assets — and the specific threat that prompted it have not been confirmed.
6 developments
- StrongJordanian sources deny US embassy's Aqaba evacuation report, Al Jazeera says
- ConfirmedAqaba port CEO denies evacuation, says operations normal, after US Embassy threat alert
- DevelopingIranian strike on Aqaba was warning to Jordan over US bases, The Zioneer analysis says
- ConfirmedEilat residents report explosions overhead as missile appears to head toward Aqaba; sirens sound in Jordan
Source and signal
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