U.S. Evacuates Embassy in Libya

 

U.S. Evacuates Embassy in Libya // Stephanie Gaskell

United States military personnel evacuated the U.S. embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli after heavy fighting forced the State Department to order its staff out of the country.
“Due to the ongoing violence resulting from clashes between Libyan militias in the immediate vicinity of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, we have temporarily relocated all of our personnel out of Libya,” State Department spokesman Marie Harf said in a statement Saturday.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said the evacuation took five hours to complete, “without incident.” CNN reported that the plans were put in place several days ago, but the evacuation wasn’t ordered until Saturday.
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