Several injured and flights cancelled after second attack on Saudi airport in Riyadh
Following a series of attacks by Houthi rebels on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, 12 people have been killed and hundreds injured. The airport has suspended operations, and the incident has prompted international condemnation.
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The repeated targeting of civilian infrastructure in the Saudi capital marks a dangerous turn in the Yemen-Saudi conflict with broad geopolitical implications.
Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport on Thursday after an attack by the Houthi rebel group. ( Reuters )
The airport in the Saudi capital has been attacked a third time and 12 people are dead.
Separately, Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in two separate attacks on Saturday.
Palestinian legislative elections due next month have been postponed until September 2027 by President Mahmoud Abbas.
Link copied Share Share article At least 12 people are dead and more than 300 have been wounded after the third attack this week on Riyadh's international airport.
Those killed were four Saudis, a Palestinian, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the US, Jordan, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, according to Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority.
Operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh have now been suspended.
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