US orders non-essential staff to leave Tunisia, Sudan

WASHINGTON: The United States on Saturday ordered all non-essential personnel to leave Sudan and Tunisia following embassy attacks over an anti-Islam video, and warned US citizens against travel to those countries.

"Given the security situation in Tunis and Khartoum, the State Department has ordered the departure of all family members and non-emergency personnel from both posts, and issued parallel travel warnings to American citizens," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement. (AFP)