Jordan has not ordered evacuation of Aqaba airport or seaport, gov't spokesperson says


AMMAN, July 19 (Reuters) - ⁠Jordanian authorities have not issued any decision ⁠on Sunday to evacuate the airport ‌or seaport in Aqaba, the government's spokesperson told Reuters, after the U.S. embassy in Amman said they had been ​evacuated due to a credible ⁠threat.

"No potential threats have ⁠been recorded by the relevant Jordanian authorities in ⁠the ‌past few hours," government spokesperson Mohammad Al-Momani told Reuters in a written ⁠statement. "The airport and port are operating normally."

The ​U.S. embassy ‌had said the airport and seaport were ⁠evacuated due ​to a "specific and credible threat", without providing further details.

It advised Americans to refrain from travelling to ⁠either location and to continue ​to follow all security directives issued by Jordanian authorities.

The U.S. military said on Saturday that two ⁠of its personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing after an Iranian attack.

Over the last week, Jordan has repeatedly said that ​it has intercepted Iranian missiles ⁠flying over its territory.

(Reporting by Hiba Issawi ​in Amman, Eman Abouhassira and ‌Nayera Abdallah in Dubai, and ​Maya Gebeily in Beirut; Writing by Yasmine GhaniaEditing by David Goodman, Kirsten Donovan)

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