Americans urged to reconsider travel to Saudi Arabia over Iranian, Houthi attack threats

The US Mission in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday urged Americans to reconsider travel to the kingdom, citing risks from Iranian and Houthi missile and drone attacks, armed conflict and terrorism, Anadolu reports. In a post on US social media company X, the mission shared a travel advisory maintaining Saudi Arabia at Level 3, or reconsider travel, while designating the area along the Yemen border Level 4, or do not travel. The US travel advisory system has two lower levels: Level 1, which calls for normal precautions and Level 2 for increased caution. Under the advisory, US government employees working in Saudi Arabia require special authorization to use any airport in the country and are prohibited from traveling within 20 miles […]