US orders diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi strikes

Oct 21, 2026 | INVESTING

The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members to depart ‌from its missions in Saudi Arabia and plans to withdraw family members from a number of other US missions in the region, US officials told Reuters.
The order came as attacks in Saudi Arabia killed at least one person and injured eight others at a civilian airport in Dammam and two people were killed in a drone attack on an oilfield.
US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a post on social media ⁠that the…

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