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Bahrain asks its citizens to leave Iran, Iraq "immediately", Exxon evacuates foreign staff
[Jpost] US-allied Bahrain warned its citizens on Saturday against travel to Iraq and Iran and asked those already there to return "immediately" for their safety, state news agency BNA said.The Bahrain foreign ministry cited, "unstable regional circumstances, dangerous developments and potential threats," according to BNA. The warning comes amid simmering tensions between the United States and Iran. Washington on Wednesday pulled non-emergency staff members from its embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad out of apparent concern about perceived threats from neighboring Iran, to which Iraqi Shi'ite militias are allied. Earlier on Saturday Exxon evacuated its foreign staff from an Iraqi oilfield. Exxon Mobil Evacuates Foreign Staff Out Of Iraqi Oilfield [Jpost] Exxon Mobil has evacuated all its foreign staff members out of Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai, three sources told Rooters on Saturday. Production at the oilfield was not affected by the evacuation and work there is under way normally and being undertaken by Iraqi engineers, Iraqi oil officials said. Staff were evacuated over several phases late on Friday and early on Saturday, either straight to Dubai or to the main camp housing foreign oil company employees in Basra province. Those in the camp are en route to the airport now, the three sources - an employee at a security company contracted by Exxon, an Iraqi oil official, and a staff member of a foreign oil company - said. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-05-19 |
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