US Embassy in Saudi Arabia is hit by two drones; country recommends that Americans seek shelter

3rd day of war: conflict spreads across the Middle East and Iran hits Saudi Arabia’s largest refinery The United States embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was hit by two drones on Tuesday (3, Monday night in Brasília). The place was empty, and there were no deaths or injuries, the American representation said. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp “A fire broke out at the US embassy in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after an explosion,” said Reuters “I heard two explosions followed by smoke rising over the neighborhood,” a resident of the region told AFP. The agency says it confirmed the information with four witnesses in the west of Riyadh, where the embassies are located. The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia issued a warning to US citizens in the country to seek shelter immediately. See: Initial plugin text The explosions come as Iran intensifies its campaign against Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, with waves of missile and drone attacks in response to US and Israeli airstrikes. Several Shahed drones have been launched by Tehran against targets in Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, among other countries in the region — many of them towards American bases. This Monday, an Iranian drone hit a refinery belonging to Saudi Aramco, the Saudi oil company, in Ras Tanura, 438 km from Riyadh. Vehicles travel along a road as smoke rises from Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery, following a suspected Iranian drone attack, in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Stringer

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