The State Department said it had decided to shrink the U.S. “footprint” in Baghdad and the United Kingdom issued a warning about “increased tensions within the region.”

The U.K. Has Also Issued a Warning to All Vessels Going Through the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Straits of Hormuz After Being 'Made Aware of Increased Tensions'

Talks between the US and Iran appear to have reached an impasse, increasing tensions in the Middle East.