Depart now! US asks Americans to leave over a dozen Middle East countries

Mora Namdar, US State Department's assistant secretary for consular affairs, said US citizens should leave using available commercial transportation 'due to safety risks.' The warning came after the department, in recent days, updated its travel advisories for several countries in the region to recommend against travel. The US Department of State on Monday called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, amid US-Israeli strikes against Iran. Mora Namdar, the State Departmen... [1942 chars]