US | Egypt US Orders Employees Out of Egypt And expects to evacuate another 1,400 citizens By Kevin Spak Posted Feb 1, 2011 11:15 AM CST Copied An American family, part of around 150 U.S. nationals, arrives at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, from Cairo, Egypt, early Tuesday, Feb.1, 2011. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta) The US has ordered all of its non-essential State Department personnel to leave Egypt "in light of recent events," the department tells the AP. Last week, the department offered to extract such personnel free of charge, but now that suggestion has become an outright command. The US has also continued to fly out American citizens. So far, it’s evacuated 1,200, and it’s expected to pull out another 1,400 more in the days ahead. Read These Next Pedophile rock star killed by fellow inmates. JD Vance can't possibly be happy about how this interview went. In speech to Knesset, Trump ad-libs a pardon request. This is what happens when you lose control of a plane refueling hose. Report an error