The Trump administration ordered the withdrawal of all non-emergency personnel from the U.S. diplomatic mission to Iraq after the administration announced Iran or its proxies in the region were an escalating threat.
Helicopters took off throughout the day from the vast embassy compound near the Tigris River, carrying staff out, according to an Iraqi source and a diplomatic source inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone. The Iraqi source said U.S. staff were headed for a military base at Baghdad airport.
