{"id":324512,"date":"2026-03-11T07:53:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=324512"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:43:51","slug":"us-orders-more-diplomats-to-leave-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=324512","title":{"rendered":"US orders more diplomats to leave Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Taylor \u2013 Washington Post March 9, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Trump administration has ordered more U.S. diplomats to leave the Middle East, an indication of the ongoing security threat posed by Iran\u2019s retaliatory attacks more than a week into the conflict.<\/p>\n

An \u201cordered departure\u201d went out Monday to nonessential American staff and their families at the U.S. Consulate in Adana, in southern Turkey, according to the State Department. A similar notice had been sent Sunday to staff at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Additional mandatory departures could be imminent. U.S. diplomats were coordinating on an \u201coverland evacuation\u201d contingency plan for the remaining U.S. personnel at the consulate in Irbil to travel to Turkey, according to a State Department cable from last week reviewed by The Washington Post. American staff at the U.S. missions in Baghdad and Irbil were ordered to leave the country last week, but a core group of personnel remain.<\/p>\n

In an email sent to staff Saturday, a senior State Department official expressed concern for those affected, noting how ordered departures from U.S. missions can bring \u201cuncertainty\u201d for diplomats and their families. \u201cPlease check in with one another, take care of your own well-being and make use of Department resources as needed,\u201d Jason S. Evans, undersecretary for management, wrote in a message to those affected throughout the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The State Department did not respond to request for comment.<\/p>\n

The latest departure orders, more than a week after the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran\u2019s military and political leadership began Feb. 28, are likely to add to criticisms of State Department leadership accused of being caught off-guard<\/a> by the attacks and Iran\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe State Department prepares and plans for crises and evacuations constantly, and I have heard no good justification for why more was not done to ensure the safety of Americans earlier,\u201d said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n

The State Department previously issued ordered departure notices to U.S. personnel in Bahrain and Kuwait while several staff and their families in other countries were authorized for voluntary departures.<\/p>\n

The danger facing U.S. diplomatic facilities does not appear isolated to countries near the Persian Gulf and Israel. The U.S. Consulate in Karachi, in Pakistan, came under attack by a large crowd March 1, leading to the deaths of at least 10 people who were shot by police.<\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In what will be seen as an indication that Trump\u2019s war against Iran is not going to plan, the U.S. has ordered more mandatory departures for diplomatic staff across the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":324514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=324512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324513,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324512\/revisions\/324513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/324514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=324512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=324512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}