US pulls staff out of Middle East following Iran's air strike on American embassy in Saudi Arabia

President Donald Trump is suggesting the war has just started.

Published: March 3, 2026 9:25am

The Trump administration has begun pulling staffers out of the Middle East, following Iran expanded its targets Tuesday, striking the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia.

Air strikes began on Saturday with joint U.S.-Israeli air strikes on Iran, taking out the Iranian regime's supreme leader and dozens of his top officials.  

President Donald Trump is suggesting the war has just started. 

Other signs that the war is expanding are Israel sending new ground troops into Lebanon, and the sounds of explosions in the Iranian capital of Tehran, according to the Associated Press.

The conflict has people from around the world stranded in the Middle East, with commercial air travel essentially shuttered in the region.

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