SANAA - The US Embassy in Baghdad on
Friday issued a statement confirming that the US State Department has ordered
its staff in Baghdad and Erbil to leave Iraq, media reports said.
"Due to a range of security conditions and
restricted travel procedures as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, the State
Department has ordered the departure of US government personnel assigned to the
US Embassy in Baghdad, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, and the US
Consulate General in Erbil," the embassy said in a statement.
"Visa services in Baghdad and Erbil are still on
hold," the statement said, noting that "the US government has limited
capacity to provide emergency services to US citizens in Iraq."
"The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad remains closed to
the auditors, so that US citizens in the Kurdistan region of Iraq who need
emergency services can communicate via email ErbilACS@state.gov, and US
citizens in various parts of Iraq can communicate via email
BaghdadACS@state.gov to obtain emergency assistance," the statement read.
"One of the measures to be
taken is to leave Iraq through commercial flights as soon as possible," the
statement added.
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