LONDON (AFP) - Britain said it has authorised the voluntary departure from Saudi Arabia of non-essential British embassy staff and their families after a US national was killed in the Gulf state.
"The Foreign Office is authorising the voluntary departure of non-essential staff and dependants," a spokesman told AFP.
A US aeronautics engineer died in a drive-by shooting and another US national was believed kidnapped in the latest escalation of anti-Western attacks bearing the stamp of Al-Qaeda in the oil-rich state.
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