State Department said information of ‘potential, imminent threat’ was ‘credible’ and ‘serious’ enough to issue security message on Thursday

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The US embassy in Saudi Arabia has received reports of a “potential, imminent threat” against US citizens in areas of the city of Jeddah frequented by westerners.

The notice on the embassy’s website provided no other details.

“It’s a security message, not a travel warning, that our consulate put out in Jeddah. Obviously, our consulate felt that the information they had was credible enough, serious enough to warrant sending that message out immediately,” the state department spokesman, John Kirby, told a briefing.

