Qatar evacuates residents of area around US embassy as ‘temporary precautionary measure’

Qatar is evacuating residents living in the vicinity of the US embassy in Doha as a “temporary precautionary measure,” the Gulf country’s interior ministry says early on Thursday.

“Suitable accommodation has been provided for them as part of necessary preventive measures,” the ministry says in a statement.

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