Saudi Arabia says 12 dead, 309 injured in Riyadh airport attack
Saudi Arabia said 12 people were killed and 309 were injured Saturday in an attack on the Riyadh airport, the deadliest incident in an intensifying conflict with Yemen’s Houthis.
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Saudi Arabia said 12 people were killed and 309 were injured Saturday in an attack on the Riyadh airport, the deadliest incident in an intensifying conflict with Yemen’s Houthis.
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Ambassador Jean-Philippe Linteau says in a video posted on Sunday that anyone in Riyadh who encounters military debris should walk away and contact authorities.
It was the third strike on the capital’s airport this week
United States officials condemned the Houthi attack on a Saudi airport in Riyadh that reportedly killed 13 people, including an American, and left hundreds more injured.
The comment came after the Yemeni terrorist organization attacked Saudi airports in recent days.
A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, a day after an attack claimed by the Yemeni group killed at least a dozen people and forced authorities to suspend operat...
Saudi Arabia’s health minister Fahad Aljalajel has paid a visit to survivors of Saturday’s deadly attack.
Three deadly attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on an airport in the Saudi capital underscored the asymmetrical nature of their conflict with the kingdom.
The family was travelling to Madinah after performing Umrah when the attack occurred; the victim’s wife and daughter are safe, while his aunt sustained head injuries
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The latest strike in Riyadh came shortly after the Houthis said the airport in the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again, and blamed the Saudis.
The death toll from the Houthi strike on Riyadh airport has risen to 13, says Saudi officials.
The death toll from the Houthi strike on Riyadh airport has risen to 13, says Saudi officials.
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The Houthis have hit at Crown Prince Mohammed’s ambitions to transform Saudi Arabia from an insular, oil-dependent nation into a global hub for business and tourism.
Saudi Arabia reported another attack on Riyadh's international airport, a day after 13 people were killed in a separate attack.
Saudi Defence Ministry spokesperson calls attack on the passenger terminal a 'full-fledged war crime'
CAIRO (AP) — A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, the Saudi-led coali...
The strike on King Khalid International Airport, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, marked a major escalation in the war between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis and the kingdom.
Passenger terminals at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh came under fire as Iran-backed Houthi militants launched a second missile attack - travel warnings have been issued
The Iran-backed group claimed multiple attacks over the last 24 hours, including on the airport, and threatened to keep targeting the kingdom's transit hubs
A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, the Saudi-led coalition fighting...
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PM's statement coincides with fresh Houthi attack on the same airport terminal, which causes more injuries; Houthis say Riyadh launched strikes in Sanaa
A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack claimed by the Yemeni group killed at least a dozen people and forced authorities to suspend o...
A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack claimed by the Yemeni group killed at least a dozen people and forced authorities to suspend o...
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A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital on Sunday, a day after a Houthi-claimed missile struck the same terminal and killed 12 people.
At least 12 people have been killed in a suspected Houthi attack on Riyadh’s international airport.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen described the ‘murderous attack on civilians’ as a ‘dangerous escalation’ in the wider war
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The Yemeni group says it carried out attacks that killed 13 people in Riyadh over the weekend and targeted two airports and oil facilities.
U.S. military involvement in the fight against the Houthis would stretch resources in the Middle East already committed to fighting Iran, analysts said.
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