State Department orders nonessential US diplomats to leave Lebanon as tensions with Iran soar - AP News
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The U.S. State Department has ordered nonessential diplomats to leave Lebanon due to escalating tensions with Iran, leading to a partial evacuation of the embassy in Beirut.
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