The departure order for non-emergency staff and family members applies only to Saudi Arabia, the State Department spokesperson said, according to the Korea Herald, amid Houthi attacks on civilian targets.

The account that missions in other Gulf states would also order family members to leave, given by four officials to Reuters, was not confirmed by the spokesperson; the attacks on a civilian airport in Dammam killed at least one person and injured eight, and another drone attack on an oil field killed two.