By T.J. Muscaro The United States has begun decreasing the number of staffers present at its embassies in the Middle East due to heightened security risk. The State Department ordered the departure of all nonessential personnel and their families at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad—which already has limited staffing—on June 11 after its latest review, […]
Tag: Middle East
The Middle East is a transcontinental region that generally includes Western Asia, all of Egypt, and Turkey. The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East beginning in the early 20th century.
