The Japanese Embassy in Baghdad was temporarily closed Wednesday, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry travel advisory, APA reports citing CNN.
The advisory says the embassy was closed after an evacuation had been completed.
The alert level was raised to 4 — which means evacuation advisory and no entry — in all areas in Iraq, according to the advisory, but the Japanese consulate in Erbil remains open.
“All Japanese nationals in Iraq are strongly recommended to leave immediately,” the advisory said.