WashingtonThe US pulled nonessential staff from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
Embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the UAE also cut staff over Houthi and Iranian threats.
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told Rubio that Iranian plots against US personnel have reached advanced stages, in a one-page memo.
The State Department cited Houthi threats, not Iran, and US officials deny any tie to new strikes on Iran.
US ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack says strikes on Iran could begin as soon as this weekend.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 40+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- Bloomberg Business leans critical
- TRT World
- gives the memo's text in full, including Clayton's offer to downgrade intelligence so Rubio can share it with State staff
- Yahoo News UK
- notes that some officials may not have known they were at risk, since the memo's intelligence reaches more people than are currently cleared
Sources: Bloomberg Business, TRT World, Yahoo News UK