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Shafaq News- Baghdad
The US Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert on
Wednesday, urging all American citizens present in Iraq to depart the country
immediately in light of recent regional developments.
The embassy emphasized that Iraq remains under a Level 4
travel advisory —its highest designation— which carries the directive: do not
travel to Iraq for any reason. For those already in the country, the embassy’s
guidance was: leave now.
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the United States
would launch new strikes on Iran, declaring that US Central Command would be
“busy tonight” after President Donald Trump vowed to hit Tehran
“hard” unless it agreed to a deal with Washington.
Trump also convened his national security team to discuss
the next phase of the US response. According to two US sources cited by Axios,
one option under consideration is a military operation that would be “big in
scale but short in duration,” aimed at increasing pressure on Tehran “to change
its position in the negotiations.”
Air defense systems were activated in Fars and western
Tehran, according to Mehr News Agency, which reported no explosions at that
location.
Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the Israeli military
raised its alert level in preparation for a possible resumption of hostilities
with Iran.