Airlines cancel flights to Saudi Arabia after Riyadh airport attacks
Major carriers halted service as Saudi authorities kept Riyadh’s airport closed and flight trackers reported more than 500 cancellations.
- On Monday, the Saudi civil aviation authority extended King Khalid International Airport's closure in Riyadh until October 17 following Saturday's Houthi missile attack that killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300.
- Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree warned airlines to avoid Saudi airports, describing them as "exposed to targeting" in the group's campaign against the Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's government since 2015.
- Citing security risks to aircraft at any altitude, the Federal Aviation Administration urged U.S. operators to exercise "extreme caution," prompting Delta Air Lines and Etihad Airways to suspend Riyadh-bound services.
- Delta Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian postponed the airline's planned Atlanta-Riyadh service launch to March 2027, citing safety concerns as the carrier lowered its full-year profit outlook to roughly $4.5 billion.
- On Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition ordered civilians to evacuate a Yemeni oil facility in Sanaa, while international officials expressed "serious concern" about the intensifying conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.
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Houthi-Saudi Conflict Tests Regional Alliances – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Conflict between Houthis rebels in Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia escalated after four days of continuous Houthis missile strikes on Riyadh’s international airport left 13 dead and over 300 wounded. The first of the daily missiles strikes on King Khalid International Airport occurred on October 7 in response to Saudi’s renewed military involvement in the ongoing Yemen civil war between the Iranian-backed Houthis rebels and the internati…
The skies over the Saudi capital were almost empty on Monday as missile and drone attacks on the international airport paralyzed air traffic, signaling a potential wider escalation of the conflict that could affect us in Europe.
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Exchanges of attacks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis continue. On Tuesday, four were wounded in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia strikes key fuel depot in Yemen as conflict with Houthis escalates
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it had attacked a key fuel depot being used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to support strikes on the kingdom’s airports and energy facilities, hours before the Iran-aligned group renewed their attacks on Riyadh and the southern region with missiles and drones.In the latest escalation between
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