Jordan Denies U.S. Embassy Evacuation Alert, Airport Operates Normally

Jordan's government has directly contradicted a warning issued by the U.S. Embassy in Amman, refuting claims that an evacuation order was in place for the southern city of Aqaba. The embassy had alerted its citizens to a "specific and credible threat," leading to concerns about potential security risks.

Mohamed Momani, Jordan's Minister of Communications and government spokesperson, asserted that both the Aqaba airport and seaport are functioning normally. He assured the public that Jordanian authorities are addressing any potential risks according to established procedures, which include activating sirens if necessary. Momani emphasized that competent Jordanian authorities have not registered any threats in recent hours.

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The competent Jordanian authorities have not registered any potential threat in the last few hours.

Official sources, speaking anonymously to Jordanian television channel Al Mamlaka, echoed these statements, labeling information about an evacuation or closure of King Hussein International Airport and the Aqaba seaport as "false." The Director General of the Aqaba Ports Corporation, Mahmud Khleifat, also confirmed that port operations are proceeding without interruption and that no evacuations are occurring.

This official denial stands in stark contrast to the U.S. Embassy's earlier advisory. The embassy's alert, issued just an hour prior, had prompted concerns about safety in Aqaba, Jordan's only coastal city and a strategic port on the Red Sea. The alert came shortly after the U.S. Central Command reported the deaths of two American soldiers and the disappearance of a third in Jordan following Iranian attacks, marking the first U.S. casualties in the conflict.

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there is no suspension of handling operations at the port, and that work in the maritime port is proceeding normally and there is no evacuation or interruption of activities in the port.