The US has ordered the departure of all non-essential staff from its diplomatic missions in Iraq, while Germany and the Netherlands suspended military training programmes in the country as tensions soar between the US and Iran.
The decisions follow a series of warnings by American officials over the past 10 days about unspecified “escalatory action” by Iran, which have been accompanied by US military deployments to the region.
Both Washington and Tehran have insisted they do not want war, but European diplomats have expressed concerns that the heightened tensions could lead to an “accidental” conflict.
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