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has thousands of troops at a sprawling airbase, and Bahrain, home to the U.S.
as well as at an airbase in Kuwait that hosts U.S.
No casualties were reported.
Jordan, meanwhile, says it intercepted Iranian missiles targeting its territory.
Countries in the region are closing their airspace for commercial flights.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American service members in Iraq.
The regime's proxies have continued to launch countless attacks against American forces.
In addition to ordering non-emergency US staff and their families to leave Israel, the US embassy advised that other Americans may also wish to consider leaving while commercial flights are available.
A similar order was issued for non-emergency US staff to depart Lebanon earlier this week.
Despite these precautionary orders and a continued U.S.
military buildup in the region, Iran and the Trump administration continue to hold indirect talks.
The latest talks were in Geneva on Thursday and included the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that monitors nuclear enrichment.
Their Norwegian refugee council, which provides tents for displaced people in Gaza, says the injunction pauses immediate closure of their operations, but does not restore visas for international staff trying to enter the Palestinian territories or allow them to bring in aid.
Doctors Without Borders, which runs clinics in Gaza, says the impact of the court's interim order remains uncertain.
Aid groups had petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to urgently halt a March 1st deadline that strips them of their ability to work in Gaza and the West Bank.
It comes after new Israeli rules required aid groups to disclose lists of their Palestinian staff for vetting or be deregistered.
Israel says this is for security.