What to know

• WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is ordering some diplomats and the families of U.S. government employees to leave Saudi Arabia following a series of deadly attacks in the country by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and rising fears of an escalation in...S1
• The U.S. embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert on Wednesday about possible further attacks by the Houthis on Saudi ArabiaS2
• The US State Department issued an ordered departure for non-emergency personnel and their families from Saudi Arabia because of the growing threat from Houthi militants in neighboring Yemen.S3