Smoke plumes billow following Israeli bombardment on Beirut’s southern suburbs on March 2, 2026. Ibrahim Amro/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. State Department on March 2 urged any Americans currently in more than a dozen Middle East nations and regions to leave immediately due to “serious safety risks” as the Iran war continues in its third day.
Americans in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen should depart now through any available commercial transportation, the U.S. State Department said in a travel security fact sheet updated at 4 p.m. (EST) on Monday.
