{"id":19194,"date":"2026-03-09T07:42:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19194"},"modified":"2026-03-09T07:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:42:56","slug":"u-s-orders-non-essential-staff-to-leave-embassy-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/03\/09\/u-s-orders-non-essential-staff-to-leave-embassy-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. orders non-essential staff to leave embassy in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The United States Department of State has ordered additional staff and their family members at the United States Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to leave the country.<br>The department also once again warned U.S. citizens planning to travel to Saudi Arabia.<br>Reports say Washington cited potential security threats as the reason for the decision, including the risk of possible missile and drone attacks by Iran against U.S. interests, as well as armed clashes, terrorism, and possible travel restrictions.<br>At the same time, some media outlets reported that the move reflects growing concern among American officials about increasing security threats in the region.<br>Earlier, the United States Department of State had also advised additional staff and family members at U.S. consulates in Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan, to leave the country due to security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The United States Department of State has ordered additional staff and their family members at the United States Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to leave the country.The department also once again warned U.S. citizens planning to travel to Saudi Arabia.Reports say Washington cited potential security threats as the reason for the decision, including the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19196,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19194\/revisions\/19196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}