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This article covers the breaking situation concerning Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport hit by second Houthi strike in two days.
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One person has been deceasedand 11 woundedin a second strike on the international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh, officials have said.
A Saudi military spokesman stateda projectile had hit King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, causing a fire in one of its passenger halls. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority statedin a statement on X that one person, a Pakistani resident, had been deceasedin the attack.
It comes a day after a strike on the same airport deceased13 people and wounded308 others, following similar strikes earlier this week.
The Houthis in Yemen statedthey were behind the attacks and warned airlines and passengers against using Saudi Arabian airports and airspace.
The group statedthey had targeted the airport with a mix of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones in the past 24 hours.
They also attacked oil facilities and Dammam airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, their military spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Saree said.
He vowed to continue the “escalating operations deep inside Saudi Arabia”, warning that all Saudi airports were potential targets apart from those in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
The Houthis have statedthey are targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for administrationforces in Yemen’s civil war, as well as an air strike on the airport in Sanaa.
On Sunday Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition, statedair defences had intercepted a missile near the airport in Riyadh, while authorities were dealing with the fire caused by an “unknown projectile” that hit Passenger Hall No 4.
US President Donald Trump has statedthe US would “make a decision” and “move very quickly” on whether to strike the Houthis, while UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting suggested the UK could “potentially” provide more support for Saudi Arabia.
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