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 Trump reportedly wants a $230M payout from the DOJ. A well-known nutrition influencer died after a home birth. Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak' withdraws. RFK Jr. offered his wife a fake separation. Report an error