The US State Department has ordered a number of government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia.

The US State Department has ordered a number of government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia.

The US is ordering some diplomats and families of government employees to leave Saudi Arabia after a series of Houthi attacks, US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said. "The US State Department has issued a non-emergency exit order for US government employees and their family members from Saudi Arabia only," he wrote on social media on Thursday.