The State Department ordered US employees and diplomats in Saudi Arabia to leave the country amid the war with Iranthe New York Times reported, citing current and former US officials.
This is the first time that the agency approves an “orderly exit” since the first attacks in Iran on February 28.
To non-critical US government personnel and their families assigned to diplomatic posts in the area They had been given the option to leave voluntarily, but have now been ordered to do so.
The mandatory evacuation of the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, comes after multiple Iranian attacks on the diplomatic complex and its surroundings. On Tuesday, the embassy suffered a drone attack involving two unmanned aircraft, according to a statement from the Saudi Ministry of Defense.
The State Department did not respond to questions from the New York Times or immediately respond to a new request for comment from Bloomberg.
