Guwahati, Oct. 22 -- An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, killed one Saudi resident and injured eight others, the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said early Thursday, as Washington ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave the kingdom amid escalating attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

The attack caused material damage at the airport, which is located on the Persian Gulf near Bahrain and Qatar.

Flight-tracking service Flightradar24 said on X that flights were being diverted away from the airport following the attack.

The incident came amid a series of attacks on Saudi Arabia, including strikes targeting airports and oil facilities.

Washington's departure order ...