According to The New York Times, citing current and former U.S. officials, an Iranian one-way drone attack last month on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh caused significantly more damage than previously reported.
Officials said the strike penetrated a secure section of the compound, heavily damaging three floors and impacting a station used by the Central Intelligence Agency, while also igniting a fire that burned for several hours.
The attack, which took place on March 3, involved a drone that evaded air defenses in Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter and struck the embassy. Roughly a minute later, a second drone followed through the same breach and detonated. Additional drones were intercepted later that night, including one believed to be targeting the residence of the senior U.S. diplomat in Saudi Arabia, located nearby.
