The U.S. State Department is preparing to send diplomats back to Middle East embassies that had been evacuated before and during the war with Iran, according to an internal department document obtained by The New York Times. The move indicates the Trump administration does not expect full-scale hostilities to break out again. The document says U.S. diplomatic posts in the region could begin bringing staff back as early as this week while gradually rolling back emergency measures introduced earlier. Three U.S. officials confirmed the changes. Embassies set to restore higher staffing levels include those in Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, and Kuwait. Current and former State Department officials told the newspaper that the redeployment points to easing tensions, even as U.S.-Iran talks on extending a 60-day ceasefire that expired last week have stalled. Dan Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel under the Obama administration and a Pentagon official for Middle East affairs during the Biden administration, said the staffing decision showed the government believes the war is nearing its end.
The U.S. State Department is preparing to return diplomats to Middle East embassies that were evacuated before and during the war with Iran, a step that indicates the Trump administration does not expect full-scale hostilities to erupt again.
According to an internal State Department document obtained by The New York Times, U.S. diplomatic posts in the region could begin bringing diplomats back as early as this week, while gradually scaling back emergency measures that had been put in place earlier. Three U.S. officials also confirmed the adjustment.
The document says embassies slated to restore higher staffing levels include U.S. missions in Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, and Kuwait.
Current and former State Department officials said the redeployment of diplomatic personnel signals easing tensions, even though negotiations between the United States and Iran over extending a 60-day ceasefire that expired last week have stalled.
Dan Shapiro, who served as U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Obama administration and later as a Defense Department official for Middle East affairs in the Biden administration, said: "Restaffing some of the diplomatic facilities that were partially evacuated indicates that the government believes the war is nearing an end."
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