Twelve killed and 300 injured in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh
A Houthi-led attack on Riyadh's international airport has resulted in at least 12 deaths and over 300 injuries. The Saudi-led coalition has condemned the strike as a war crime, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict.
Why it matters
This attack represents a major escalation in the Yemen-Saudi conflict, threatening regional security and international travel infrastructure.
The scene at Riyadh airport after the strike
At least 12 people have been killed and 309 injured in an attack on the international airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, local authorities say.
The deaths included four Saudis, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority confirmed.
Operations at King Khalid International Airport have been suspended.
A Saudi-led military coalition later vowed to respond to the attack, which it called a "war crime" and blamed on Yemen's Houthis.
The Houthis have not commented on Saturday's attack but did say they were behind separate strikes on the same airport on Thursday that killed three people and damaged a plane.
Another three people were killed in separate Houthi attacks on two different Saudi airports on 6 and 7 October.
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