{"id":26806,"date":"2026-11-04T05:36:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=26806"},"modified":"2026-11-04T05:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:36:58","slug":"u-s-orders-non-essential-staff-to-leave-saudi-arabia-amid-threat-of-houthi-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/11\/04\/u-s-orders-non-essential-staff-to-leave-saudi-arabia-amid-threat-of-houthi-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. orders non-essential staff to leave Saudi Arabia amid threat of Houthi attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The U.S. State Department has ordered non-essential government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia amid rising security threats in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia issued a security alert warning that Iran-backed Houthi rebels pose a threat of attacks against civilian airports and other critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Embassy said it implemented the decision in response to security threats that emerged on October 23, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement said U.S. government employees stationed in Saudi Arabia may use airports only with special authorization from the head of mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. officials have also urged American citizens to exercise caution amid the risk of potential attacks on airports, airspace closures, and flight cancellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The security advisory warned that ongoing clashes and security threats could rapidly spread to other areas of Saudi Arabia and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The U.S. State Department has ordered non-essential government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia amid rising security threats in the country. The U.S. diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia issued a security alert warning that Iran-backed Houthi rebels pose a threat of attacks against civilian airports and other critical infrastructure. The U.S. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26807,"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\/26806"}],"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=26806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26808,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26806\/revisions\/26808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}