By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Zambianobserver
The United States has ordered non-essential staff and families at its embassy in Riyadh to leave Saudi Arabia. The State Department cites risks linked to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and escalating regional tensions, according to Zambianobserver.
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The United States has ordered non-essential staff at its embassy in Saudi Arabia and their families to leave the kingdom after several Houthi attacks on the country. The measure applies only to Saudi Arabia and is intended, among other things, to protect staff amid strikes on airports and energy facilities, according to spokesman Tommy Pigott.
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The US State Department has ordered non-essential employees at its embassy in Riyadh and their families to leave Saudi Arabia. The measure follows attacks attributed to the Houthis that caused civilian casualties and disrupted travel, according to State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott, quoted by AFP.
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The US State Department has ordered employees at its embassy in Riyadh and their families to leave, as Saudi Arabia faces almost daily attacks by the Houthis. Washington has also ordered the families of diplomatic staff in four other Gulf countries to depart, AFP reports.
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