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US orders some diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate

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The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as attacks escalate, with three people killed in strikes across the country.

Saudi authorities said debris from a drone intercepted during an attempted attack on an oil field killed two people, while one person died after a strike at the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam.

Conflict between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia has been rising in the past month.

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