Black smoke, flames rising near Riyadh airport
Firefighters could be seen trying to extinguish the flames of a burnt-out fuel tank emblazoned with the logo of the Saudi oil giant Aramco near the airport.
On Saturday, black smoke and flames appeared near Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, according to a flight tracking website. The Saudi authorities issued an air raid alert hours earlier, which had not been seen since Yemeni fighting escalated this month. Residents reported hearing explosions in the vicinity of the airport, and one firefighter extinguished the flames of a burnt-out Aramco fuel tank.
An AFP journalist on the scene confirmed the incident. The alert was lifted half an hour later. The conflict in Yemen, which began in 2014, has displaced over 112,000 people, with global trade impacted by Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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