At least 12 dead, over 300 wounded in attack on Riyadh airport; Saudi-led coalition vows 'decisive' response
An attack on Riyadh’s international airport killed at least 12 people and wounded 309 others, some of them seriously, Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation officials said on Saturday, prompting the Saudi-led coalition to vow on Sunday a decisive response against Yemen’s Houthis. Four Saudi citizens were among the dead, as well as two Bangladeshis, one US citizen, one Egyptian, one Jordanian, one Syrian,…
An attack on Riyadh’s international airport left at least 12 individuals dead and over 300 wounded, prompting a coalition of Saudi-led forces to vow a decisive response against Yemen’s Houthis. Four Saudi citizens were among the fatalities, alongside two Bangladeshis, a US citizen, a Jordanian, a Syrian, a Palestinian, and a Sudanese national.
The coalition labeled the strike, believed to be a missile fired by Yemeni rebels, as a "full-fledged war crime." Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended airport operations, and health officials activated a rare mass call-up of doctors to handle the emergency. Flightradar24 reported that 155 incoming and 161 departing flights were canceled, while 222 flights were delayed.
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