By Elise Labott
The U.S. State Department shuttered its embassy in Syria and pulled out its remaining staff Monday after the government refused to address its security concerns, senior State Department officials tell CNN.
The officials said 17 employees, including Ambassador Robert Ford, left the country. Two employees flew out of the Syria last week by commercial air, with the rest of them, including Ford, traveling by convoy Monday morning to Jordan. Most of the staff were evacuated earlier in the year, and the diplomatic team was further reduced in December.
The Syrians were notified about the decision to pull the staff and shutter the embassy after the employees were out of the country, the officials said.
The officials said the deterioration of the situation in the country made it impossible for the embassy to continue operations and for the staff to remain.
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Close our embassy in Russia and China also.
Syria is the Walmart of Russian weapons sales in the middle east...Attention Shoppers..
take obamas lead and run like hell with the rest of obamas dudes. wow now we have 19 americans detained in egypt. carter years are in the past and we cannot afford a repeat them at the exspence of americans. quick run putin is coming.
hey do not get mad at me, this is obamas work
Kennedy started the Green Berets, but Carter really got Special Forces going...We use to have those kind of SO, teams in WWII...but then reduced the training...
Bush would just send in thousands Troops and Tanks and bombers, and shoot anything that moved...that did not win the hearts and minds..or even get the bad guys..which got out of the way and retreated...like Bin Laden..
obama bin laden?
Hows that whole Arab Spring working out? Let see Syria, not good Egypt arrest 19 Americans, might I say one of them is a son of a person in the Administration. Libya. Where do I start. Iraq, sectarian violence. Afghanistan; negotiations with Taliban for our owe surrender. Iran; Russians and China are profiting from that great sanctions plan and may I add they are providing them the resources to build that bomb. Amazing three years, Oh but he single highhandedly got UBL. Yeah and unemployment is going down LOL. How much deficit spending unpatriotic did he say in 2008 when running for office? Really. Yep he is the chosen one and has saved the day for now, but that can is still moving down the road.
Oh, and you think Romney is our answer? "poor people are doing fine" he says. Out of touch and his head is in the clouds with his millions in over seas accounts.
No, "he" did not personally "get" UBL. However, as CIC, he does get to take some credit, and put it on his resume. He isn't trying to convince people that he rapelled out of a helo and stormed the compound. He is saying that on his watch, under his order, the most wanted man in the world got ventilated and then thrown off of an aircraft carrier. I call that a damn good job.
Despite a good portion of the protesters being peaceful, the overall "revolution" has very strong Islamist undertones. Violence was used from day 1 against the military and Alawaits. These are facts and any Syrian knows them. The reason the opposition is silent about them is trying to keep a cohesive image to the outside world and keep the momentum going.
To the West and anyone who does not care to be ruled by a mentality from the 5th century: STOP SUPPORTING THOSE FANATICS! They are veiled as peaceful protesters.
No matter who is causing the bloodshed, it must stop. I am a 2nd generation Syrian-American, and I can assure you, we are aware of the Islamists trying to rip power from the military and the government. Assad has had a chance all along to explain this simply and plainly to the world, but instead, used phrases such as "terrorists, thugs, and hooligans" instead of explaining it exactly as it is. He should have cried out for help to the world, but he didn't, so now it looks only like he is a desparate dictator trying to hold onto his power.
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Sounds like an "intervention" is on the way. That vote in UN is just for show. The US doesn't wait around for that.
Of course violent intervention is imminent. Obama is campaigning for President AND for his second Peace Prize
Embassy closings mean one thing...bombs
Uh oh, never a good thing. This is just as much an effort to isolate Iran where the west is concerned. We may well be looking at Libya II. I wonder if Assad will get "Gaddafi'd" by his own people.
Once again Arabs display that they are the basest creatures unable to show a shred of humanity.
Let these vermin kill each other. They do seem to be itching to go party with Muhammad in Hell.
you are one despicable person; and one day you will wish you never said these hateful words.
And you think your comment shows your humanity????
I feel sorry for people like you.
I don't even know why I am replying to you. may be because of my real humanity.
As a country we have been involved in 2 wars for so long, do you think innocent people did not die?do you know how many of our soldiers died?Just get a life.
Mona you must suck a lot of tiny Arab d!ck
Isnt it about time to get out of the Middle East all together? Maintain what bases we have and use our military under the umbrella of the UN!
That's not very Republican of you. You're going to lose your GOP card thinking like that!! Maybe you are really a democrat after all. Hahahahahahahaha
You are so right!! Sometimes I lean toward the Democratic side of me! lololol
Let that country kill themselves.
Omayn
"That country" is where my grandparents came from. I am an American, born here, and love my country, but I do not want Syrians to kill themselves. What an ignorant, stupid, myopic, typically American comment.
Typical American comment? What kind of company do you keep? Did Chris identify himself as American? Quit making stupid comments about a country that accepted your & my grandparents & gave them opprotunities they couldn't get in their "country".
"typical American comment" ... such disdain for your host country. Me thinks you should just go ahead and find a new home. I hear France & England love their Arab immigrants a whole bunch. You should look into it.
Might be American born but an Arab is still an Arab and can't be trusted