{"id":19312,"date":"2026-03-15T06:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19312"},"modified":"2026-03-15T06:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:52:29","slug":"u-s-urges-citizens-to-leave-iraq-withdraws-non-essential-staff-from-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/03\/15\/u-s-urges-citizens-to-leave-iraq-withdraws-non-essential-staff-from-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. urges citizens to leave Iraq, withdraws non-essential staff from Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The United States has urged its citizens to leave Iraq and asked non-essential diplomatic staff in Oman to depart as tensions escalate in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report by The Jerusalem Post late Saturday, the U.S. Department of State issued separate warnings regarding the presence of American citizens in Iraq and the status of non-essential staff in Oman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Iraq said American citizens who choose to remain in the country are \u201cstrongly encouraged\u201d to reconsider their decision due to significant threats from Iran-aligned militia groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The warning came after reports that the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was targeted in an Iranian attack on Friday, with thick smoke reportedly seen rising from the embassy compound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The United States has urged its citizens to leave Iraq and asked non-essential diplomatic staff in Oman to depart as tensions escalate in the Middle East. According to a report by The Jerusalem Post late Saturday, the U.S. Department of State issued separate warnings regarding the presence of American citizens in Iraq and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19314,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312\/revisions\/19314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}