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State Department Orders U.S. Diplomats to Leave Saudi Arabia as Iran Strikes Gulf Neighbors

HeadlineMar 10, 2026

Iran fired drones toward Saudi Arabia and Kuwait early Tuesday. The Saudi Defense Ministry said it has destroyed drones over the country’s oil-rich eastern region, while in Kuwait the National Guard said it shot some drones down in the county’s northern and southern areas. This is Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah: “Our country has been subjected to a brutal attack by a neighboring Muslim country that we consider a friend, even though we have not permitted the use of our land, airspace or coasts for any military action against it. We’ve repeatedly informed them of this through our diplomatic channels.”

It comes as the U.S. State Department ordered American employees of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia to leave the country. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham questioned whether the United States should continue honoring its defense agreement with Saudi Arabia, because the kingdom has so far refused to join U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran. In Bahrain, an air defense interceptor fell into a residential neighborhood, injuring 32 civilians, including four who are in critical condition. In Turkey, NATO air defenses shot down a second Iranian ballistic missile that entered the country’s airspace.

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