Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport hit by second Houthi strike in two days

One individual has been killed and 11 injured in a second strike on the overseas airport within the Saudi capital Riyadh, officers have stated.

A Saudi army spokesman stated a projectile had hit King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, inflicting a hearth in one in all its passenger halls. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority stated in an announcement on X that one individual, a Pakistani resident, had been killed within the assault.

It comes a day after a strike on the identical airport killed 13 folks and injured 308 others, following comparable strikes earlier this week.

The Houthis in Yemen stated they have been behind the assaults and warned airways and passengers towards utilizing Saudi Arabian airports and airspace.

The group stated that they had focused the airport with a mixture of ballistic and cruise missiles, in addition to drones prior to now 24 hours.

They additionally attacked oil amenities and Dammam airport in japanese Saudi Arabia, their army spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Saree stated.

He vowed to proceed the “escalating operations deep inside Saudi Arabia”, warning that every one Saudi airports have been potential targets aside from these within the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

The Houthis have stated they’re concentrating on Saudi Arabia over its help for presidency forces in Yemen’s civil warfare, in addition to an air strike on the airport in Sanaa.

On Sunday Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led army coalition, stated air defences had intercepted a missile close to the airport in Riyadh, whereas authorities have been coping with the fireplace attributable to an “unknown projectile” that hit Passenger Hall No 4.

US President Donald Trump has stated the US would “decide” and “transfer in a short time” on whether or not to strike the Houthis, whereas UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting advised the UK may “probably” present extra help for Saudi Arabia.