Important Takeaways:
- The US Embassy in Beirut is calling on Americans to leave Lebanon as soon as possible as the war between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies.
- “US citizens in Lebanon are strongly encouraged to depart now,” the embassy said in a notice to citizens on Monday. “US citizens who choose not to depart at this time should prepare contingency plans should the situation deteriorate further.”
- Just 1,100 of the estimated 86,000 Americans who live in Lebanon have fled the nation so far, with the US setting aside thousands of seats on flights out of Lebanon since Sept. 27, according to the State Department.
- The embassy, however, warned that the flights “will not continue indefinitely,” urging all Americans in Lebanon to make a decision sooner rather than later.
- Embassy officials stressed that any plans for those who choose not to leave “should not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuations.”
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- US sends in Marines to evacuate embassy personnel from Haiti amid bloody uprising as stench of decaying corpses drive people from their homes and violence threatens to engulf the Dominican Republic
- The US has deployed Marines to evacuate its embassy in Haiti as local gangs continue to attack state institutions.
- The operation, which occurred early Sunday, serves as the latest sign of Haiti’s societal troubles, as locals in its capital continue to report the overwhelming stench of the dead.
- Violence in the Caribbean country broke out this past week, and has since threatened to bring down the local government.
- Gangs across the country continue to unite, causing thousands to flee their homes.
- Politicians across the region are scrambling for a solution, as dogs have been seen gnawing on the unaddressed dead, and bodies are burned in the streets.
- The neighborhood around the embassy in the capital, Port-au-Prince, has been one of the hardest-hit, hence the recent operation. Its success was revealed in a statement from the US military’s Southern Command later in the day.
- The statement went on to reveal how the European Union’s delegation in Haiti has too temporarily closed its offices, amid the looming threat of the localized gangs.
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Important Takeaways:
- The U.S. Embassy in Moscow early Friday warned of an “imminent” extremist attack in Russia and alerted American citizens that they may be in danger.
- The warning comes a day after Russian authorities said they killed Islamic State militants who were plotting a terrorist attack on a Moscow synagogue.
- “The Embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts, and U.S. citizens should be advised to avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours,” the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said in a brief statement on its website.
- On Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said it foiled a planned attack against a Moscow synagogue. FSB officials said that an Islamic State cell had plans to kill worshippers at the synagogue, according to media reports.
- “During their arrest, the terrorists put up armed resistance against FSB officers, and as a result, they were neutralized by return fire,” the FSB said in a statement, according to English-language media accounts.
- “Firearms, ammunition, as well as components for creating improvised explosive devices were found and seized,” the security service said.
- Russian officials said the attack was being planned by the Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate, known as Islamic State-Khorasan, or ISIS-K.
- That group is believed to have been responsible for the August 2021 suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. Marines at the Kabul airport during America’s frantic military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Important Takeaways:
- American citizens in Haiti should leave the country “as soon as possible” because of spiraling security and infrastructure “challenges,” the U.S. Embassy said in a travel advisory issued late Wednesday.
- Over the weekend, a Haitian gang opened fire on protesters from a church who sought to confront one gang leader over the surging turmoil. At least seven people were killed.
- If “you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area,” a reference to an escalating gang turf war that has seen Haiti consumed by random killings, rapes, extortion and kidnappings.
- Haiti’s gangs have been vying for territory and resources in the wake of the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. They now control large parts of the country.
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Important Takeaways:
- The United States has ordered the partial evacuation of its embassy in Niger following last week’s coup.
- Hundreds of foreign nationals have already been evacuated from the country, and on Sunday the French embassy was attacked by protesters.
- “The situation has changed and so people are very anxious. They’re anxious about the future, about what’s going to happen.”
- The US is a major donor of humanitarian and security aid to Niger, and has previously warned that the coup could lead to the suspension of all cooperation.
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Important Takeaways:
- Pentagon working on plans to send troops to protect US Embassy in Kyiv
- The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that officials are mulling plans to send special forces to Kyiv to guard the U.S. Embassy. The effort is a delicate one as it requires balancing the safety of American diplomats while avoiding what Russia could see as an escalation
- Such plans “have not yet made it to [Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin] or myself for that matter, for refinement of courses of action and what’s needed,” he noted.
- Milley added that any reintroduction of U.S. forces into Ukraine would require a presidential decision.
- Milley said there are now about 102,000 American troops based in Europe, a more than 30 percent increase since the war began.
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