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US reduces its diplomats to Saudi Arabia

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The USA has asked its non- basic diplomats in its embassy and two Consulates in Saudi Arabia to leave the country following the attacks which took place on Monday evening in Riyadh.

A statement by the US Department Of State said that the department ordered all its non- basic employees and their families, warning the Americans existed in Saudi Arabia over the increasing danger of new attacks to take place.

The US recommended the Americans at the meantime in Saudi Arabia to think of leaving where between 35,000- 40,000 American do live.

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