US Closes Middle East Embassies, Delays Visas

A worldwide security caution prompts the US to close embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, and others across the Middle East amid escalating drone attacks and conflict with Iran. Consular services suspend, including visa issuance, as personnel shelter in place or evacuate, and Americans receive urgent orders to depart over a dozen countries like Qatar, UAE, Jordan, and Yemen using commercial transport.