Evacuations Sudan

The State Department on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of non-essential U.S. personnel and dependents from Jordan and Sudan and urged other Americans to leave those nations amid heightened concern about possible terrorist attacks tied to the Persian Gulf crisis. The government encouraged Americans traveling in the two countries to depart "as soon as possible and well before Jan. 15," the deadline imposed by the U.N. Security Council for Iraq to withdraw its forces from Kuwait.

The State Department on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of non-essential U.S. personnel and dependents from Jordan and Sudan and urged other Americans to leave those nations amid heightened concern about possible terrorist attacks tied to the Persian Gulf crisis. The government encouraged Americans traveling in the two countries to depart "as soon as possible and well before Jan. 15," the deadline imposed by the U.N. Security Council for Iraq to withdraw its forces from Kuwait.