US orders diplomats and their families out of Saudi Arabia as Trump weighs strikes on Iran-backed Houthis

State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott insisted the mandatory departure covers Saudi Arabia only, rejecting reports of a wider Gulf evacuation. The order follows an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam that killed two people and injured eight. At least 21 people have died in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports since October began. Britain is deploying Typhoon jets to help defend Saudi cities.

Debris from an intercepted drone killed two workers near an Aramco site at Shaybeh.

The Foreign Office now advises against all but essential travel to almost all of Saudi Arabia.