11.10.2026 21:04
Another attack was carried out on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The munitions that hit the passenger terminal caused a fire, and it was announced that there were injuries in the attack. The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen announced that they had targeted two airports and two energy facilities in Saudi Arabia in the last 24 hours and threatened to increase their attacks. Meanwhile, the attack on King Khalid International Airport was also captured by cameras.
Escalating clashes between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen continue.
ANOTHER ATTACK ON KING KHALID AIRPORT Spokesperson for the Arab Coalition Major General Turki al-Maliki, in a statement made from his account on the social media platform of US-based company X, said, "A fire broke out as a result of munitions hitting the passenger hall of Terminal 4 of King Khalid Airport in the capital Riyadh." The statement noted that the source of the attack could not be determined.
Maliki stressed that a cruise missile was shot down and destroyed by air defense systems around the airport, and that the fire caused by the attack was immediately responded to.
In a statement from the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA), it was stated that there were injuries in the new attack on King Khalid Airport today, but no information was provided on the number and condition of the injured.
The statement said that damage assessment work is also ongoing.
ATTACK MOMENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA The moment of the attack was also captured by a cell phone camera. The footage showed moments when people trying to flee from the airport were caught in the middle of flames.
HOUTHIS: WE ATTACKED THE AIRPORT AND ENERGY FACILITIES Meanwhile, the Houthis announced that they carried out attacks on airports in the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and Dammam, as well as two energy facilities in the east of the country.
The Houthis' military spokesman, Yahya Saree, stated that they carried out four attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia in the last 24 hours. Saree claimed that King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has been targeted in three phases since yesterday evening, that air traffic was disrupted as a result of the attacks, and that the airport was completely closed.
Saree, who claimed that the Shedgum gas facility and Tanajib oil facility belonging to the national oil company Aramco in eastern Saudi Arabia were also hit, alleged that fires broke out at both facilities.
Saree claimed that the fourth attack was carried out on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, that the target was hit directly, and that air traffic was disrupted.
"SAUDI ARABIAN WARPLANES FORCED TO WITHDRAW" The statement also claimed that gathering points of forces affiliated with Saudi Arabia in the Ras al-Ara and as-Sukya areas were targeted with six ballistic missiles and two UAVs, and that dozens of people were killed or injured in the attack.
Saree argued that Saudi Arabian warplanes were also forced to withdraw by domestically produced surface-to-air missiles.
Saree, stating that the attacks were carried out in response to Saudi Arabia's airstrikes against Yemen, claimed that 124 airstrikes were carried out on Sanaa, Taiz, Marib, al-Jawf, Hajjah, Hudaydah, and Saada in the last 24 hours.
Yahya Saree "ATTACKS WILL CONTINUE, INCREASING" Saree, who warned international companies, employees, and passengers not to use airports in Saudi Arabia, excluded the airports and airspace in Mecca and Medina from this warning.
Saree said they will continue their operations against targets in the interior of Saudi Arabia, increasing them, until the attacks on Yemen and the blockade end.
HOUTHIS HAD ALSO HIT AIRPORTS BEFORE The developments came after the Houthis' ballistic missile attack on King Khalid International Airport yesterday, in which 12 people lost their lives and 309 people were injured.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia announced that in two attacks carried out by the Houthis on King Khalid International Airport on October 8, 3 Saudi Arabian citizens lost their lives and a large number of people were injured.
In the attacks carried out by the Houthis on King Khalid International Airport and Abha International Airport on October 6-7, it was reported that 3 more people lost their lives and 36 people were injured.