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US orders nonessential diplomats to leave Lebanon amid growing Iran tensions

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The United States has ordered nonessential diplomats and their family members at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon, the State Department said Monday, as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a potentially imminent military strike. As such, changes in the staffing status of the embassy in Beirut have often been seen … Read more

State Department orders nonessential US diplomats to leave Lebanon as tensions with Iran soar

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A State Department official says the U.S. has ordered nonessential diplomats and family members to leave Lebanon as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a… WASHINGTON(AP) — The United States has ordered nonessential diplomats and their family members to leave Lebanon, a State Department official said Monday, as tensions over Iran rise with … Read more