WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that approximately 9,000 Americans had evacuated the Middle East since the start of US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday.
Rubio also said that all personnel were accounted for after an Iranian drone struck a parking lot adjacent to the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday. Around 1,600 Americans in the Middle East are currently requesting assistance, he added.
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9,000 Americans have left Middle East since start of conflict
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9,000 Americans have left Middle East since start of conflict
- Rubio said that all US personnel in the UAE were accounted for
Mideast war ‘stark reminder’ of EU energy vulnerability: EU chief
PARIS: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that the Middle East war had exposed Europe’s “vulnerability” and dependence on fossil fuels as the conflict entered its second week.
“For fossil fuels, we are completely dependent on expensive and volatile imports. They are putting us at a structural disadvantage to other regions,” she said at the opening of a nuclear energy summit in Paris.
“The current Middle East crisis gives a stark reminder of the vulnerability it creates.”
“For fossil fuels, we are completely dependent on expensive and volatile imports. They are putting us at a structural disadvantage to other regions,” she said at the opening of a nuclear energy summit in Paris.
“The current Middle East crisis gives a stark reminder of the vulnerability it creates.”
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