Overview
- State Department officials said the suspension is a precaution due to continuing Iranian retaliatory strikes across the region.
- There are no reported injuries to U.S. personnel, and protecting Americans overseas remains the department’s stated priority.
- The Kuwait City move is the second full U.S. diplomatic suspension since the conflict escalated, following the consulate closure in Karachi.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Kuwait’s foreign minister to offer condolences after Iranian strikes killed at least two Kuwaiti troops.
- Government-chartered flights and ground routes are underway with the first flight already departed, and U.S. citizens in Kuwait and nearby countries are being urged to depart and monitor official travel guidance, with Kuwait still at Level 3: Reconsider Travel.