🚨 🇺🇸 🇸🇦 US orders non-emergency staff and families out of Saudi Arabia

🚨 🇺🇸 🇸🇦 US orders non-emergency staff and families out of Saudi Arabia

• 🇺🇸 The US State Department has now issued an ordered departure for non-emergency US government staff and their families in Saudi Arabia only, per newswires (23:27 GST / 19:27 GMT). The earlier line, at 22:48 GST / 18:48 GMT, spoke of preparations across Gulf embassies
• 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia says the drone attack on Aramco's Shaybah field had no impact on operations (23:04 GST / 19:04 GMT); an Iranian news agency reports two people were killed, unconfirmed by Riyadh

FO view: The order is now issued rather than prepared, though narrowed to Saudi Arabia, so the precaution is real and centred on the kingdom whose Shaybah field drew a drone attack tonight.

21 Oct 2026, 23:29 GST | 20:29 UK (BST)

Not investment advice.