"US citizens should DEPART NOW from the countries listed using available commercial transportation due to serious safety risks. The latest advisory applies to Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen."
"The fact that the State Department is referring us to a tweet from an assistant secretary of state, and this isn't necessarily official policy but perhaps they are saying it is official policy this is not at all how it is usually done. This is really, truly bizarre. I can't say that I have seen anything like this in my very long time covering Washington."
"The State Department has very complex processes to notify Americans in these places that they need to leave. That hasn't happened. It's not official government policy, at least it doesn't appear to be yet, because this isn't how they announce official government policy."
The US State Department issued an urgent advisory on Monday directing all Americans to immediately depart from fifteen Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and others, citing serious safety risks amid escalating US-Israeli military strikes against Iran. The advisory was announced via social media by Mora Namdar, the State Department's assistant secretary for consular affairs, instructing citizens to use available commercial transportation to leave. The US Embassy in Amman, Jordan also evacuated its personnel due to security threats. The announcement's unusual delivery method through a tweet rather than official government channels raised questions about its formal status and implementation procedures.
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