LAST UPDATED: 09/06/2013
The United States evacuated non-emergency personnel (click here) and family members from its embassies in Lebanese capital Beirut, and Turkish city Adana, that is not far from Turkey's border with Syria.
"The Department of State drew down non-emergency personnel and family members from Embassy Beirut due to threats to US Mission facilities and personnel," a statement on the Beirut embassy's website said....
It is just formalities that proceed war. A speech on Tuesday. I take it there won't be accolades about the countries of the G20 and the great progress they are all making.
Published time: February 01, 2013 11:31
Edited time: February 02, 2013 15:55
Edited time: February 02, 2013 15:55
A suicide bomber has attacked the US Embassy in Ankara. (click here) At least one security guard working at the embassy was killed in the blast, as well as the bomber, who has been identified as the member of a banned leftist group.
The blast occurred at the entrance used by the embassy personnel and their visitors, CNNTurk reported. A security guard operating at the x-ray machine at the entrance was reportedly killed while the suicide bomber was passing through the scanner.
"There were two dead in the suicide bombing, a Turkish security guard and the bomber himself," Ankara governor Alaattin Yuksel told reporters, AFP reports.
The US ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, confirmed the death....
