The U.S. wants to evacuate some personnel from its embassy in Saudi Arabia

The State Department has announced the evacuation of some personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia; the decision does not apply to U.S. missions in other countries in the region.

"The State Department has ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family members from Saudi Arabia only," wrote U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott on the social media platform X.

He described as inaccurate media reports that the State Department is allegedly preparing to issue a similar order regarding other U.S. embassies in Persian Gulf countries.

 Meanwhile, Two foreign nationals were killed and two others injured after air defenses intercepted a drone attempting to target a facility at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field on Wednesday, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, citing an official source at the Ministry of Energy.

The source said the drone was intercepted on Wednesday morning as it attempted to strike a processing facility at the oil field in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

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