US orders embassy staff to leave Riyadh
The United States ordered non-essential staff and their families to leave its embassy in Riyadh due to escalating attacks by Iran-backed Houthis, who are carrying out near-daily assaults on Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia announced that it intercepted several drones launched from Yemen targeting areas within the kingdom, and reported two deaths following a drone strike over the Shaybah oil field. Meanwhile, the Houthis denied carrying out any operations today targeting Saudi Arabia, amid ongoing mutual escalation between the involved parties.
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