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US State Department orders non-essential diplomats out of Saudi Arabia
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US State Department says it has ordered non-essential US diplomats and US government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks.
The United States began to pull out non-essential staff from Gulf Arab countries a week ago, three days into the war. The US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday approved voluntary departures, on the same day that it was struck by Iranian drones that led to a fire that damaged the mission’s facilities.
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