A loud blast was heard and thick, black smoke was seen rising above the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, the latest of Washington's consulates in the Middle East to come under attack after Iran launched attacks in response to Israeli military action. Reuters reported witnesses seeing black smoke was seen rising over Riyadh's Diplomatic Quarter, which houses foreign missions. The Saudi Ministry of Defense announced that the US Embassy was attacked by two drones, resulting in a "limited fire and minor material damage to the building". The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia issued a shelter in place notification for Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran and added in an advisory that it is limiting non-essential travel to any military installations in the region.