On Friday, the US State Department reduced the number of diplomatic and government employees at its embassies in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Qatar and Jordan. Before that, the families and non-essential employees of the US Embassy in Riyadh and the country's consulates in Jeddah and Bahran were ordered to leave Saudi Arabia.

On Friday, the US State Department reduced the number of diplomatic and government employees at its embassies in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Qatar and Jordan. Before that, the families and non-essential employees of the US Embassy in Riyadh and the country's consulates in Jeddah and Bahran were ordered to leave Saudi Arabia.

An American official told Axios that the fear of Houthi attacks in Yemen and plans attributed to Iran to target Americans are the reason for the decrease in the presence of American government employees in the region.