Reuters first to report Exxon evacuates foreign staff from Iraqi oilfield

Reuters was first to report that U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp was moving its foreign staff from Iraq’s West Qurna 1 oilfield to Dubai. The evacuation came just days after the United States withdrew non-essential staff from its embassy in Baghdad, citing a threat from neighboring Iran, which has close ties to the Iraqi Shi’ite militia.