The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh issued a shelter-in-place order Monday night after a drone attack.
The embassy was “subjected to an attack by two drones according to initial estimates, resulting in a limited fire and minor material damage to the building,” a spokesperson for the Saudi defense ministry wrote on X.
A “security alert” posted by the Riyadh embassy on X read, “The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia has issued a shelter in place notification for Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran and are limiting non-essential travel to any military installations in the region – we recommend American citizens in the Kingdom to shelter in place immediately.”
The embassy was reportedly empty at the time of the drone strike, which is believed to have come from Iran, according to Fox News.
The State Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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