US State Department orders some staff to leave Saudi Arabia as attacks escalate59 minutes agoToby Mann
Reuters Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media videoReuters
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis also attacked the airport in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh earlier this month

The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as attacks escalate, with three people killed in strikes across the country.

Saudi authorities said debris from a drone intercepted during an attempted attack on an oil field killed two people, while one person died after a strike at the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam.