Missile strikes passenger terminal at Riyadh airport and many are wounded, official says
- A missile struck a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, wounding many people, according to a regional official.
- The airport was evacuated, and flights were diverted, canceled, or suspended after the attack.
- Kuwait Airways canceled flights because Riyadh airport had closed due to the “security situation.”
- Iran-Backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had claimed responsibility for earlier attacks, but made no immediate statement about Saturday’s strike.
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Attacks on Riyadh threaten Saudi confidence
The NewsSeveral people were wounded in another likely Houthi attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Saturday, the third strike this week on the gateway to Saudi Arabia’s capital. Earlier attacks killed four people. Flights were canceled or diverted, and airport operations were suspended.Hours of silence and speculation in the aftermath added to a sense of fear in Saudi Arabia and across the region. Rumors of injuries circulated …
On Saturday evening, the Alliance for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen announced the fall of a missile in the vicinity of King Fahd International Airport in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia.
At least two people were killed on Saturday in an attack on Ryad airport, told AFP a medical source from a local hospital. ...
The activity of the airport in Riyadh was suspended after an attack on behalf of the pro-Iranian Houthi militias, the attack that was fought with dozens of wounded, some of whom are in serious condition, informs AFP, reading diplomatic and medical sources. Doctors were called from home urgently to care for the injuries, and the Western embassies recommended...
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