BREAKING: Trump to Order Families Home From Gulf Embassies Amid War Worries

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The State Department is preparing to order some personnel and family members to evacuate American embassies in the Persian Gulf, according to a Wednesday report from Reuters.

Multiple U.S. officials told the outlet “the move was due to a possible resumption of hostilities, particularly with Iran-aligned Houthi militia in Yemen.” It would also come as the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert earlier on Wednesday, which was potentially tied to more Houthi attacks.

The decision is being made as President Donald Trump has said multiple times in the last week the Iran war — which launched 235 days ago at the end of February — is coming to an end “very soon.”

It would also come less than two weeks after the Iran-backed Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia’s busiest airport, injuring more than 300 people and killing twelve people, including one American; it was the biggest attack since the start of the war.

Houthi rebels continued the carnage this week with an attack on a military camp in Yemen that killed 73 people, as well as an attack on a residential area that killed two teenage girls, per the Associated Press.

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