Top U.S. officials have been told that Israel is prepared to launch an operation against Iran, reports said, which officials believe will lead to Iranian retaliation against American targets in Iraq.
The move is said to be behind a State Department move Wednesday to order nonessential employees at the American Embassy in Baghdad to leave, according to The Associated Press.
The move was part of an effort “to keeping Americans safe, both at home and abroad,” according to the State Department. As the AP noted, the embassy in Baghdad “already had been on limited staffing, and the order will not affect a large number of personnel.”
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U.S. Central Command said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations” in
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