Why is the US pulling staff out of Saudi Arabia?

3 people died in attacks across Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The State Department cited a deteriorating security situation and ordered non-essential staff out. Pigott said the Iran-backed Houthis had escalated attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure.

In the east, Dammam airport and the Shaybah oilfield were hit. At Shaybah, drone debris killed two. GACA did not specify the attack type or who carried it out, and the Houthis have not commented on Shaybah.

8 people were hurt at the airport and 2 people at Shaybah, so the airport had more injured.

The Houthis, whom Washington blames for the escalation, claimed a strike in Yemen the same day. Their military spokesman said: Our Armed Forces have successfully attacked with a ballistic missile an enemy Saudi operations center at Aden airport.