https://www.businessinsider.com/us-embassies-say-they-cannot-evacuate-americans-middle-east-iran2026-3American citizens across the Middle East are attempting to follow official advice and evacuate as conflict escalates in the region following US and Israeli attacks on Iran on Saturday.But multiple US embassies have said they are unable to help citizens trying to leave."The US Embassy is not in a positionat this timeto evacuate or directly assist Americans indepartingIsrael," the US Embassy in Jerusalem said in a post on X on Tuesday.The embassy shared that the Israeli Ministry of Tourism was operating shuttles to a border crossing between Egypt and Israel at the town of Taba."If you choose to avail yourself of this option to depart, the US government cannot guarantee your safety," said the US embassy, adding that they were sharing the information "as a courtesy to those wishing to leave Israel."
President Donald Trump was asked in the Oval Office on Tuesday why evacuations hadn't been planned beforehand, and whether he would charter planes to evacuate Americans from the region.Trump largely didn't address the question, other than to note how quickly the conflict broke out."It happened all very quickly," Trump said. "I thought we were going to have a situation where we were going to be attacked."Dylan Johnson, the Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, wrote on X on Tuesday that the State Department is "actively securing military aircraft and charter flights for American citizens who wish to leave the Middle East" and has been in contact with "nearly 3,000 Americans abroad."Later on Tuesday, a fire broke out at the US consulate in Dubai after an Iranian drone struck an adjacent parking lot, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
"Our embassies and our diplomatic facilities are under direct attack from a terroristic regime," Rubio told reporters at the Capitol.Karen and Bob Carifee, a married couple from Texas who are stuck in Dubai after their cruise got canceled, said they haven't been able to get any help from the US consulate in the UAE city."We did everything we were supposed to. We registered like we were supposed to," Karen Carifee told Business Insider. "I've not heard anything of anyone. I watched the news, and we have not heard them saying, 'We're going to work to get the Americans out of there.'"Carifee said she tried calling the State Department hotline for Americans in the Middle East, but that she got a pre-recorded message that said there was no help available. She said the only instructions they've gotten were to "shelter in place.""I've been doing that," she said. "I want to know an exit plan."Business Insider also called the hotline on Tuesday afternoon and got a 45-second pre-recorded message that told Americans to check the embassy website, shelter in place, and enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, or STEP, to get updates."Please do not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time," the message said. "There are currently no United States evacuation points."
'Do not come to the US Consulate'In Qatar, where Iranian retaliatory strikes have hit key energy facilities, the country's US embassy issued a travel advisory on Tuesday, also warning American citizens they were unable to help them evacuate, saying that they should "take advantage of commercial transportation options."The US embassy in Qatar advised Americans who chose to stay to create a contingency plan, but said that "these alternative plans should not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation."Most US embassies in the region have suspended normal operations as staff shelter in place, and some have shut down entirely due to heightened security risks.On Tuesday, the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia issued a stark warning to citizens to stay away from its consulate in Dhahran, a coastal city in the east of Saudi Arabia, due to "a threat of imminent missile and UAV attacks" over the city."Do not come to the US Consulate," the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia said.On Monday, the US Embassy in Jordan announced that all its personnel had temporarily departed the Embassy compound "due to a threat." It did not specify the threat.
Iran has launched a barrage of retaliatory missiles against US allies in the region, hitting sites including US military bases, Dubai's Burj Al Arab hotel, and the US embassy in Riyadh.The list of countries Americans are being urged to depart from immediately is as follows: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar have closed their airspaces.As of Tuesday, Dubai International has resumed limited flight services but continues to instruct travelers not to come to the airport unless their flight has been confirmed.Wealthy travelers and expats in the UAE have turned to private jets and chauffeured drivers to help them flee the region, but many have been caught up in lengthy border crossings amid the rush to Saudi Arabia and Oman, where some flights were still departing.Monica Marks, a professor at NYU Abu Dhabi, posted on X, wondering how Americans are supposed to leave the Middle East without government help.>Launch a war that jeopardises the safety of over half a million Americans from Jerusalem to Dubai? Check!>Send a histrionic alert after the fact telling them all to “DEPART NOW?” Check!>Pause to ensure that we have the capacity to evacuate our own citizens? XXX
>>1493705It's official: Trump is worse than Biden
TOURIST LOGISTICS ARE LESS IMPORTANT THAN MILITARY LOGISTICS WHEN YOU TRAVEL ABROAD YOU ACCEPT ALL RISKS KEEP US POSTED ON ALL THE DEAD AMERICANS
>>1493748>BIBI'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN AMERICAN LIVES>WHEN YOU ELECTED TRUMP YOU ACCEPTED YOUR FATE AS A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN TO GREATER ISRAEL>PLEASE TRY TO DIE QUIETLY AND OFF CAMERA
>>1493747Trump is More than Biden.
>>1493766More worse? Yeah, agreed.
>>1493775Doesn't matter what modifier you use. He's More.
>>1493778Except better, he's less.
>>1493790More better is ungrammatical, esl.
>>1493805you really let that nickname get under your skin, huh
>>1493807Idk what this is in reference to, I'm ntaYou could have said more fat, more stupid, more of a disasterBut you said more bett
>>1493810i think you just embarrassed yourself again esl shill
>>1493811Think whatever you please, "more better" tells me all I need to know about you
But Trump is still inferior to Biden
>>1493805>>1493815We’re having a goof you stupid bitch.
>>1493820'Having a goof" is also ungrammatical. Colloquial, but ungrammatical.
>>1493828Only until enough people use it. So have yourself a goof and chillax, cheese bag.
>>1493851I'll accept it when the lexicographers do. Until then, I will retain my preference for chicanery, facetiousness, and other synonyms One word is always better than 3, except when speaking to the uneducated
>>1493852those don't even mean the same thing esl shill. how do you always manage to humiliate yourself like this
>>1493854A synonym doesn't denote 100% identical meanings. An expansive lexicon holds many delights.You're a slow googler
>>1493860you should learn what you're saying before you post next time
>>1493705>The US Embassy is not in a positionat this timeto>positionat >timeto Typos. 2 of them This administration is finished now. For sure this time
>>1493766Trump is definitely more mentally cognizant than biden
>>1493864Covfefe is a perfectly cromulent word
>>1493866More everything!Biden was milquetoast
>>1493705The ‘President of Peace’ represents a head for every single nation on the chart!
>>1493851>>1493854>b-b-but whatever I say is accepted as part of the English language, and you're wrong for disagreeing with me!'Hentai' is in the Oxford English Dictionary. As is 'Unboxing'Academics, scholars, etymologists and lexicographers are already laughing at you, Humpty Dumpty
>>1493901you're projecting again
>>1493901Lexicographers and etymologists are hot afIdc how old susie is I'll give her some new dents
>>1493904That sounded sus so heres context https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susie_DentShe's 61 and a hottie and her brain isn't even her hottest part
>>1493902>projectingLewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland before the Disney movie was made, Tweedledumber
>>1493909you might think you're impressing us with your hokey references but it's only leading to further embarrassment on your part
>>1493909I'm the anon he attempted to insultWtf is this Alice in wonderland reference?Something about Projecting = Looking glass?I am missing context
>>1493910you're projecting again
>>1493917do you know what they say the highest form of flattery is, esl shill?
>>1493917>>1493919Both of you STFU and explain the Alice thingOr I'll leave you alone with each other the board is dead
>>1493902>you're projecting again>>1493919>esl shillThe duality of the hypocrite
>>1493921god you're esl
>>1493747He's worse than all of the worst presidents combined. I guess he's going to get us all killed since the military will do whatever he says without question.
What the fuck are any of you talking about?>>1493705That’s not a surprise. Trump doesn’t give a shit about the American people.
>explain>needing to be spoonfed>>1493921 is either foreign or too retarded to figure things outChoose wisely
>>1493931I'm too retarded but also I haven't googled yet.I remain ignorant of the point this post was making >>1493909If you can explain it, I will listen. If you can't or won't, then I'll assume it was asinine and move on.
>>1493934>I'm too retarded>to be able to figure things out for oneselfYou have chosen... poorly.
>>1493935Right. Confirmed asinine
>I'm too retarded>retard = inferior to those who can figure things out for themselves without the need to be spoonfed>>1493934>I'm too retarded>>1493937>asinineThe duality of the inferior hypocrite
>>1493942Give me more context then. Alice in wonderland being written before the Disney version of the movie is meaningless to me
>>1493926I submit that Buchanan and Johnson are still in the running, having done just about everything they could to fracture the nation and hamper its mending respectively concerning the Civil War. Trumps trying his best to be the worst, though.
>>1493977When did they do that
>>1493977Lincoln slept thru the final years of the civil war
>>1493934>it was asinine and move on>>1493937>Confirmed asinine>>1493959>Give me moreSo it wasn't asinine and you can figure things out for yourself.>meaninglessConfirmed asinine.
>>1494001Why did you reference Lewis Carroll's Into the Looking Glassand why were you afraid to own up to your reference?Speak clearly or be denounced
>>1494005Clearly you were NTAOr youre the biggest tranny to ever exist
>>1494009Yeah idk what nta means.I'll keep it real simple. If you want to fight back you will be obliterated. Accept that you are either a second option to arrogantly approach the same combat lethality as your grandparents just so long as no one makes them cry
>>1494000He took a permanent sleeping pill some actor pushed on him.
>>1494015>Yeah idk what nta means.Fuck off, newfag.
>>1493994wikipedia.com
>>1494025Fuck off, oldfag. I'm here and you can't get rid of me. Your site is dying and I'm riding its corpse into the future
>>1494057>he admits itEmbarrassing.
>>1494074I'm not ashamed of being new. It's demonstrably more embarrassing to be old. If this site survives another ten years, I won't be here but you will.
>>1494076>I'm not ashamedI know.
>>1494078HeheYou are going to have to acceptThat your boomer siteIs just a playground for those of usBored of the algorithm And it will never Be relevant againThe owner sold outThe boards are slowYou can argue with me all you wantIt changes nothing about reality Hehe haha
>>1494080You don't even know how to insult us.
>>1494081And I'm not going to learn your conventions either!Stay supremely confident that you've never been insulted while your site and your genes are eradicated.LmaoI'm not trying to insult you I'm trying to hug youLike your father never didWe can be the change, together All it requires from youIs some self introspectionDo you think you can manage That?
>>1494083>Stay supremely confident that you've never been insultedWay ahead of you.
>>1494085Stay ahead While you fall behindThis site is deadAnd you are blindI'm enjoying the ride You should tooBut don't be in denialFuck you this doesn't rhyme
Op, you're saying thousands of Americans are dead from the war in Iran?
>>1494094Omg such horrible breaking jews!Do you have a source for this breaking jews?
>>1493705Note that Obama has attacked more than anyone.
>>1494118The graphic lies you wouldn't eat a spoonful of an unknown substanceDon't swallow unknown digital bullshit either
>>1494118Obama is the black one, not the orange one
>>1494121Obama 7Trump 9Winning
>>1494118Note that when something happens, and you have to point to something totally different to deflect and divert attention, you just lost the argument.
>>1494126Make me
>>1494127Make you what? Get better translation software.
>>1494145Make me note it, if you can.I don't require translation software because the world speaks English because America runs the world.Don't like it? Don't teach your kids english. You will tho
