AMID TENSIONS WITH IRAN, U.S. TO WITHDRAW EMBASSY PERSONNEL ON TEMPORARY BASIS

Highlights

• This withdrawal would take place in the lead-up to the January 3 anniversary of the US' killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani because of concerns about retaliations 

• It is being said that the US government is expecting possible retaliatio...

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