embassy
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A U.S. official said Friday that suspected Iranian terror plots targeting U.S. personnel informed the decision to order embassy staff from their posts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
However, he posted images accompanying his Facebook post which appeared to show him standing outside the Myanmar embassy in London.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The pair told the embassy instead, who let them go - "otherwise, they could have faced some sort of criminal prosecution".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
AFP then reported that a diplomatic source said U.S. embassy staff and their families in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain have been ordered to leave.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Kondrachev had come from Moscow, where as a KGB agent he kept watch on US embassy personnel, trailing them throughout the city.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Prices for oil have climbed since Reuters reported Wednesday that the State Department’s evacuation orders will include some staff and their family members from certain U.S. embassies in the Persian Gulf region.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
After Russian banks were cut off from the Swift payment network, and Mastercard and Visa suspended operations in Russia, many embassies struggled with basic operating expenses.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
In Riyadh, home to a large number of non-Saudis, diplomats were instructed to shelter in place in their respective embassies, diplomats told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
On Sunday, US embassies across the Middle East issued new security alerts as fighting between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed coalition in Yemen intensified.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
He took the envelope back to his office at the British embassy and put it in a diplomatic pouch—a sealed bag that, by international agreement, all embassies can use to ship confidential material back home.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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