The US Postal Service temporarily suspended acceptance of items destined to 18 countries “due to logistics impacts resulting from the conflict in the Middle East.” It also temporarily suspended all mailing services for numerous military post offices.
Countries listed in the March 3rd alert include the following:
Algeria
Armenia
Bahrain
Djibouti
Eritrea
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Kuwait
Libya
Madagascar
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Seychelles
Syria
Tanzania
United Arab Emirates
Last year when USPS temporarily suspended to Israel, Iraq, and Iran, it noted that for already deposited items, the Postal Service International Service Center (ISC) would place them in the mail stream for return and said customers were entitled to a full refund of their postage costs when service to the country of destination was suspended.
Tuesday’s notice provided no such details. However, more information is available on the USPS Service Alerts landing page.
