# US orders some diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi threat

https://mins.news/en/item/110406

- DW, 2026-10-22 01:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/us-orders-some-diplomats-to-leave-saudi-arabia-amid-houthi-threat/a-79727353?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The US State Department ordered non-essential staff and family members at its Riyadh embassy to leave Saudi Arabia, citing increased Houthi hostilities. A strike on Dammam’s King Fahd International Airport killed one person and injured eight; debris from an intercepted drone targeting an oil facility killed two more. The Houthis did not claim the airport attack.

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