The US State Department has issued warnings for American citizens to immediately leave 11 countries across the Middle East, according to a list published Saturday evening. The warnings cover Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, expanding on earlier advisories for the UAE and Egypt reported by The Zioneer earlier Saturday.
The US State Department has expanded its travel warnings to specifically list 11 Middle Eastern countries where American citizens are urged to leave immediately, according to a list published Saturday evening. The countries include Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
This development refines an earlier blanket warning for the entire Middle East issued at 17:45 Jerusalem, as The Zioneer reported. The warnings build on a chain of escalating advisories: the US Embassy in Egypt urged citizens to leave at 16:24 Jerusalem, followed by the UAE embassy at 19:13, and the Iraq embassy had issued a similar call on Thursday, July 23, at 13:13 Jerusalem.
The coordinated alerts come amid heightened regional tensions. As The Zioneer has reported, US military bases in the Gulf went to maximum alert on June 10, and Iran launched strikes on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq in late July. The IRGC also issued evacuation warnings for seven countries on Friday, July 24.
It remains unclear whether the US warnings are coordinated with local authorities such as Israel's Home Front Command. The specific trigger for the escalation has not been publicly detailed, and the State Department has not identified the immediate threat.
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