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- The US Embassy in Riyadh targeted by drones, Saudi officials said, causing minor damage and a small fire at the building.
- Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said the attack caused a small fire and some building damage.
- The US Embassy in Riyadh issued a shelter-in-place alert in Saudi Arabia.
The US Embassy in Riyadh was struck by drones, officials in Saudi Arabia said in a post on X.
Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said in a statement around 3:30 a.m. local time that the embassy was attacked by two drones, according to initial estimates, and that it resulted in a small fire and some minor damage to the building.
A few minutes prior, the US Embassy in Riyadh issued a “shelter in place” security alert for Saudi Arabia.
“The US Mission to Saudi Arabia has issued a shelter in place notification for Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dhahran and are limiting non-essential travel to any military installations in the region — we recommend American citizens in the Kingdom to shelter in place immediately,” the alert said, adding it encouraged all Americans to ” maintain a personal safety plan.”
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Earlier on Monday, the State Department ordered Americans in over a dozen countries in the Middle East to evacuate immediately via commercial travel.
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