US State Department reportedly orders non-essential staff and families to leave Saudi Arabia

Unverified · Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia (approximate) · 2026-10-23

A Telegram channel, Middle East Observer, reports that the US State Department ordered non-essential government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as of October 23. The only claim attributes the order to the State Department and no other source in the set confirms or denies it.

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Unverified: 1 independent source.

Sources

• ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-28 21:42 UTC

First reported 2026-10-28 21:42 UTC; last updated 2026-10-28 21:49 UTC.

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