India condemns 'dastardly' attacks on Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport that killed 12

India harshly denounced the recent assaults on King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia, which claimed 12 lives and left over 300 wounded. The country's external affairs ministry expressed its deepest sympathies to the victims' families and demanded an immediate end to these attacks on innocent civilians and their infrastructure. India reaffirmed its support for Saudi Arabia, pledging to defend the nation's sovereignty and hoping for peace to return to the region soon.

The United States also voiced condemnation of the attacks, with President Donald Trump stating that his administration would consider joining the strikes against the Houthis in Saudi Arabia. He emphasized the severity of the attack, calling it "terrible."

Since the start of the Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen, King Khalid International Airport and Abha International Airport have been targeted multiple times. On October 6 and 7, attacks at both airports resulted in three deaths and 36 injuries, according to the General Authority of Civil Aviation.

Following the latest assault, the airport briefly halted operations, and passengers were evacuated. Emergency services rushed dozens of ambulances to the scene, and the airport issued a warning to travelers to verify their flight status with airlines before arriving at the airport. Flight-tracking platform Flightradar24 reported that numerous flights were being redirected to other locations nearly four hours after the last landing at the airport, with at least 225 flights canceled in the previous 24 hours.