# US orders some diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate

https://mins.news/en/item/110540

- BBC News, 2026-10-22 01:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6x2vpk93770o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as attacks across the country kill three people. Saudi authorities said debris from an intercepted drone killed two at an oil field, while a strike at Dammam’s King Fahd International Airport killed one.

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