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Pakistani resident killed, dozen injured in new attack on Saudi airport

One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack ​Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. Saudi-led coalition forces in ‌Yemen said an unidentified projectile had targeted Riyadh's international airport Terminal 4 on Sunday, causing a fire. A Pakistani resident was killed and eleven people were wounded, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. #Statement | Follow-up on the attack targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.#GACA pic.twitter.com/L7aaMrvj9P — هيئة الطيران المدني (@ksagaca) October 11, 2026 Coalition forces also said Saudi air defences had intercepted a cruise missile in the vicinity of King Khalid International Airport. They later added that a drone had been intercepted and destroyed in the country's Eastern Province, and a ballistic missile launched towards Khami...
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Pakistani resident killed, dozen injured in new attack on Saudi airport

One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack ​Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. Saudi-led coalition forces in ‌Yemen said an unidentified projectile had targeted Riyadh's international airport Terminal 4 on Sunday, causing a fire. A Pakistani resident was killed and eleven people were wounded, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. #Statement | Follow-up on the attack targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.#GACA pic.twitter.com/L7aaMrvj9P — هيئة الطيران المدني (@ksagaca) October 11, 2026 Coalition forces also said Saudi air defences had intercepted a cruise missile in the vicinity of King Khalid International Airport. They later added that a drone had been intercepted and destroyed in the country's Eastern Province, and a ballistic missile launched towards Khamis Mushait had been intercepted. Emergency alerts were also issued in Abha, in the ​south, early on Monday but the danger had since passed, the Saudi Civil Defence said. The strikes have exposed vulnerabilities in Saudi defence capabilities as the kingdom wages an air campaign against the Houthis, ​who are fighting a ground war in Yemen against the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the events of recent weeks were serious and the kingdom's response must be "equally serious", as Yemen's Houthis step up attacks on the kingdom, killing more than 15 people in two weeks. Footage released by Saudi state television of the Saturday attack on the Riyadh airport showed scores ⁠of religious pilgrims lined up at a gate as they prepared to travel to Islam's two holiest sites. A bright orange flash sent people running in panic, while parts of the roof appeared to cave in. CCTV released by Saudi Arabia shows the moment of an attack on Riyadh's international airport that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300 on October 10 https://t.co/WD9KLEvvhB pic.twitter.com/JmlLp3UbRq — Reuters (@Reuters) October 12, 2026 Read: Saudi-led coalition says new attack at Riyadh airport causes fire, day after strike kills 13 The ​airport was closed after the attack, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade. Houthis claim responsibility for other attacks In a televised speech on Sunday, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack and said ​the group had also struck the airport in Dammam in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province and two facilities of Saudi oil giant Saudi Aramco. The Saudi government's media office and Aramco did not respond to requests for comment. The Saudi civil aviation authority confirmed the strike on Dammam's King Fahd International Airport late on Sunday, adding that "damage assessments and safety inspections of airport facilities are under way." An eyewitness aboard a taxiing aircraft at Dammam told Reuters that around 8:30pm (2230 PKT) on Sunday, they saw a projectile strike ​the tarmac beside several parked aircraft, causing a fire. The witness said the aircraft returned to the gate. Passengers disembarked and were told to leave. Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 showed several delays and cancellations on Sunday for arrivals and ​departures at Dammam airport, the kingdom's third-largest. The Houthis earlier on Sunday had renewed their warning against using Saudi airports. "We urge everyone to take our warnings seriously, and Saudi Arabia bears responsibility for any failed interceptions," the group said. The US and Britain's embassy in Saudi ‌Arabia in a ⁠post on X advised British citizens against all but essential travel to Jeddah, Dammam and all airports in the kingdom except the airport in Madinah. Security Alert: U.S. Mission Saudi Arabia (October 11, 2026) The U.S. Mission is aware of additional attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and targeted attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on October 11. U.S. government employees working in Saudi… pic.twitter.com/vumnc8XRDn — U.S. Embassy Riyadh (@USAinKSA) October 12, 2026 US aviation authorities issued a notice to US airlines to use caution while flying to or over the kingdom. 'Worse is yet to come,' Houthis warn Saudi Arabia has recently stepped up its military involvement in Yemen, launching strikes against the Houthis and backing a government counteroffensive after the Houthis seized strategic territory along the Red Sea coast last month. The Houthis said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia carried out 124 air strikes in Yemen in the past 24 hours. "Unless the Saudi enemy stops its aggression and interference in Yemen, worse is yet ​to come, God willing," Yemen's Houthi-run foreign ministry said ​in statements carried by Al Masirah television. Read more: FM Dar condemns Houthi attack on Riyadh airport, says Pakistan is in touch with Saudi authorities US President ⁠Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States was considering joining Saudi strikes on the Houthis in the conflict, a spillover from the wider war with Iran that the US and Israel launched in February. In a Telegram post, Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said he told his Saudi counterpart that Tehran was ready to help facilitate ​dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Energy conference still going ahead A five-day conference of the international energy organisation WPC Energy opened as planned on Sunday at a convention ​centre about 10 km (6 miles) from ⁠the Riyadh airport, the Saudi energy ministry said. A ministerial meeting of the International Energy Forum also went ahead, according to a media advisory from the ministry. It was not clear which ministers attended. Italy's energy minister, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, whose country was co-hosting, had said on Friday he would participate remotely via video link. German officials were trying to organise a return flight for economy minister Katherina Reiche. She was supposed to return to Berlin from Riyadh on Monday but the ⁠ministry said it ​appeared likely her flight would be unable to take off. Separately, Saudi authorities announced that schools in Riyadh would shift in-person classes to remote learning from Sunday until Thursday. Sunday's attack brought the death toll in attacks on Riyadh's airport to 18 for the week. In Saturday's attack, the dead included four Saudis while the remainder were foreign nationals, Saudi authorities said.

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