US orders embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia due to Iran war

US orders embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia due to Iran war The United States said late Sunday that it was ordering embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia as Iran strikes the kingdom in retaliation for an attack by Washington and Israel. The State Department said in a travel advisory it had "ordered non-emergency US government employees and US government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks. " Smoke rises above the city, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 5 March, 2026.