Some of the staff of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad returned to the embassy compound in the Iraqi capital on Saturday after the recent withdrawal.
A video footage showed the staff members getting off helicopters and returned to the embassy compound in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad.
The U.S. State Department ordered non-essential U.S. embassy staff and their dependents to leave Iraq on June 12, one day before Israel started launching airstrikes on Iran.
A U.S. official confirmed that more U.S. diplomatic personnel left Iraq on June 21 and 22 following the U.S. attacks on Iran's three nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, citing persist concern over regional tension.
Some U.S. embassy personnel return to Baghdad after recent withdrawal
Some U.S. embassy personnel return to Baghdad after recent withdrawal
Some U.S. embassy personnel return to Baghdad after recent withdrawal
The United Nations has expressed serious concern over the deadly missile strike on a girls' school in Iran, and warns the serious impact of the escalating regional tension over civilians.
Speaking at a regular briefing at UN headquarters on Monday, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, said that the UN has seen the reporting on the attack on the girls' school and the horrendous deaths of the students.
As a number of U.S. officials have announced to carry out independent investigation, the UN looks forward to the sharing of related results, he added.
The UN is also increasingly concerned about the escalating conflict across the Middle East, and reiterates that all possible precautions must be taken to protect civilians from the impact of hostilities, he said.
"We continue raising the alarm over the humanitarian impact of escalating violence across parts of the Middle East, which is driving rising civilian casualties, damage to civilian infrastructure, and growing displacement of people," he said. Dujarric added that recent reports of attacks on energy facilities and desalination plants are particularly worrying, as they could pose serious environmental and public health risks.
The UN continues to call on all parties to respect international humanitarian law, protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and pursue diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the crisis, he said.
UN voices concern about deadly Iranian school strike, expects independent investigation
