US Urges Americans to Leave Iraq Immediately

US NewsAmerican citizens were urged to stay away from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad due to risks of missiles, drones, and rockets in Iraqi airspace.A general view shows the U.S. embassy across the Tigris river in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty ImagesJacki Thrapp3/14/2026|Updated: 3/15/20260:00The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad urged all American citizens to leave Iraq immediately on March 14.“U.S. citizens should leave Iraq now,” according to a security alert posted by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday.