US urges American citizens to leave Syria amid violence and terrorism

[KARAH RUCKER]

THE U-S IS URGING AMERICANS IN SYRIA TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AFTER THE FALL OF THE ASSAD REGIME EARLIER THIS MONTH.

WARNING THE SITUATION IN SYRIA HAS BECOME “VOLATILE” AND “UNPREDICTABLE” WITH ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND “TERRORISM” IN THE AFTERMATH OF A BLOODY CIVIL WAR.

THE U-S INSTRUCTS CITIZENS UNABLE TO GET OUT TO “BE PREPARED TO SHELTER IN PLACE” FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

ADDING, THE U-S GOVERNMENT CAN “NOT PROVIDE ANY ROUTINE OR EMERGENCY CONSULAR SERVICES TO U-S CITIZENS IN SYRIA.”

NOTING, THE U-S EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS SUSPENDED OPERATIONS IN 2012 AND ADVISING AMERICANS TO CONTACT THE “U-S EMBASSY” IN THE COUNTRY THEY PLAN TO ENTER.”

DICTATOR BASHAR ASSAD’S RULE ENDED JUST OVER A WEEK AGO AND HE’S BEEN GRANTED ASYLUM IN MOSCOW FOLLOWING HIS OVERTHROW BY SYRIAN REBELS.

THE WARNING TO AMERICANS ALSO COMES AS A MORE WIDESPREAD REGIONAL CONFLICT PLAYS OUT.

ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES TARGETING MISSILE WAREHOUSES ALONG SYRIA’S COAST ROCKED THE REGION MONDAY IN THE “MOST VIOLENT STRIKES” IN MORE THAN A DECADE.

WHILE REBELS CONTROL MUCH OF SYRIA, THE TERRITORY CONTINUES TO BE DIVIDED UP AMONG DIFFERENT MILITANT GROUPS BACKED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U-S AND TURKEY.

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