
Landmark skyscraper mandates remote working after repeated attacks on Saudi Arabia and a coalition plane crash.
Riyadh's Kingdom Centre ordered mandatory remote working for office tenants following repeated Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and a coalition plane crash near the Yemen border.
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The Saudi coalition has been engaged in a war with the Iran-backed Houthis, which has recently reignited during the US-Iran war.
Riyadh’s Kingdom Centre skyscraper ordered remote working for office tenants on Sunday following repeated Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-led coalition said two pilots were killed in a crash near the Yemen border.
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, include financial services giant Merril Lynch, management consultancy McKinsey and the International Monetary Fund.

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