US warns citizens over traveling to Saudi Arabia

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11:4618/09/2019, Wednesday
U: 18/09/2019, Wednesday
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The flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia flies in the face of a member of a U.S. military honor guard awaiting the arrival of the Kingdom's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., August 29, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
The flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia flies in the face of a member of a U.S. military honor guard awaiting the arrival of the Kingdom's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., August 29, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

The U.S. State Department called on American citizens to "exercise increased caution" while traveling to Saudi Arabia, a travel advisory posted on its website said on Wednesday.

U.S. Mission personnel and their families are not permitted to use the airport in Abha without Chief of Mission approval, the note added. Abha airport has been frequently attacked by drones and missiles launched from Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been battling the Houthi group.

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