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Multiple US embassies are telling Americans they cannot evacuate or help them get out of the Middle East (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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American citizens across the Middle East are attempting to follow official advice and evacuate as conflict escalates in the region following US and Israeli attacks on Iran on Saturday.

But multiple US embassies have said they are unable to help citizens trying to leave.

"The U.S. Embassy is not in a position at this time to evacuate or directly assist Americans in departing Israel," the US Embassy in Jerusalem said in a post on X on Tuesday.

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[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

"The highest priority of the Bureau of Consular Affairs is to protect the lives and serve the interests of American citizens. Across the globe, we serve our fellow citizens during some of their most important moments and trying times – births, adoptions, medical emergencies, deaths, arrests, and disasters."