US Expands Diplomatic Evacuation Orders to Jordan and Additional Gulf States

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The United States expanded diplomatic evacuation orders to include Jordan, the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain. The State Department directed non-emergency personnel and their families to leave these missions amid warnings of potential Houthi attacks. This expansion follows earlier evacuation mandates in Saudi Arabia triggered by strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure.

Previous hostilities included a strike on a civilian airport in Dammam that killed one person and injured eight others, alongside a drone attack on a Saudi Aramco facility at the Shaybah oilfield that resulted in two fatalities. Reuters reported that Washington has increased security alerts across the region as geopolitical tensions continue to impact critical infrastructure and travel security.