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Saudi landmark closes offices, chopper pilots killed near Yemen

The landmark ordered office staff to work from home as tensions rose after a helicopter crash killed two Saudi pilots, officials said.

The imposing, 99-storey landmark announced "mandatory" remote working until further notice. No reason was given for the order, but it comes a week after 13 people were killed in a major Houthi attack on Riyadh's international airport. The Saudi coalition's decade-plus war with the Iran-backed Houthis has reignited during the US-Iran war, with regular attacks reported by both sides. Tenants of the Kingdom Centre, which towers over central Riyadh,…

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In view of the continued attacks by the Houthi militia from Yemen, the administration of a skyscraper in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh has instructed its tenants to work in the home office. "Please refrain from using the office space at the moment," wrote the "Kingdom Centre" on Sunday to its tenants in an e-mail. From now on and until further notice, teleworking is mandatory for all office workers working in the building, the email continued.

The Kingdom Center skyscraper in Riyadh, one of the city's main landmarks, has ordered its office tenants to work remotely "until further notice" after repeated calls.

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