The US on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil. A State Department advisory announcing the partial embassy closures warned of numerous terrorist and insurgent groups active in Iraq.
“OIR [Operation Inherent Resolve] is now at a high level of alert as we continue to closely monitor credible and possibly imminent threats to US forces in Iraq,” Urban said in the statement on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the US-led coalition’s deputy commander, British Maj. Gen. Christopher Ghika, said ...