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The United States said connected Sunday (March 8, 2026) that it was ordering embassy unit to permission Saudi Arabia arsenic Iran strikes the kingdom successful retaliation for the attacks by Washington and Israel.
The State Department said successful a question advisory it had "ordered non-emergency U.S. Government employees and U.S. Government worker household members to permission Saudi Arabia owed to information risks."
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The bid indicated ongoing fears astir strikes by Iran, arsenic President Donald Trump warns helium is acceptable for weeks much of warfare and Tehran says it is acceptable to respond.
The United States antecedently had fixed support for non-essential unit to permission but did not necessitate them to bash so.
The State Department said it continued to pass Americans to "reconsider travel" to Saudi Arabia, though without cautioning against each trips to the kingdom, which has assiduously courted U.S. businesses and politicians.
Drones deed the U.S. embassy successful the Saudi superior Riyadh past week, and drones person besides caused harm astatine the U.S. embassies successful Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
On Sunday (March 8), Saudi Arabia said 2 radical were killed and 12 wounded erstwhile a projectile landed successful Al Kharj province.
Iran has vowed to extract a terms aft the United States and Israel launched a monolithic onslaught connected February 28 that killed the country's ultimate leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Gulf Arab kingdoms are intimately allied with the United States, with Bahrain, and Qatar some providing cardinal bases for U.S. forces.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian connected Saturday (March 7) apologised to neighbouring countries for attacks but aboriginal said Iran would beryllium "forced to respond" if the states are utilized to onslaught Iran.
