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US orders embassy staff, families to leave Saudi Arabia amid escalating Houthi attacks

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Saudis report at least 3 killed in Iran-backed group's strikes on oil facility and airport; Sissi says Egyptian military support for kingdom won't include strikes in Yemen -- The United States has ordered non-essential U.S. embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacks by Yemen's Houthis.

The US State Department has asked some US diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia because of the threat of Houthi attacks on the Gulf kingdom. The United States has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacks by Yemen's Houthis.

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