Hundreds of U.S. diplomats and their families live in limbo amid Iran war

Frustrations are mounting as the State Department offers no clear answers about when diplomats might return to Middle East posts.

As the U.S. and Iran return to a daily drumbeat of attacks across the Middle East, hundreds of American diplomats and their families sit in limbo, uncertain about when — or whether — they will return to their homes and schools.

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