US Orders Non-emergency Govt Employees, Families To Leave Oman ‘Due To Safety Risks’

ISTANBUL, March 14 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The United States on Friday ordered non-emergency US government employees and their family members to leave Oman “due to safety risks”, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

The State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs urged Americans to reconsider travel to the Oman-Yemen border area amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

“Following the onset of hostilities between the United States and Iran on February 28, there has been an ongoing threat of drone and missile attacks from Iran and significant disruptions to commercial flights,” it said in a statement.

Since Israel and the US launched joint attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, killing so far around 1,300 people, including then Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hostilities have escalated.

Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting US military assets, resulting in casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure and affecting global markets and aviation.

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