Pilot, flight attendant and widowed mother among victims of Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia
At least 20 people were killed in a series of attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid and Abha international airports in Saudi Arabia ’s Asir province last week, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels stepped up attacks on the kingdom. The victims include a Saudi airline pilot, an Egyptian flight attendant and a Syrian widowed mother of four. Saudi and foreign citizens were among the dead, while hundreds…
Last week, attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid and Abha international airports in Saudi Arabia's Asir province resulted in at least 20 deaths, according to Saudi authorities. Among the victims were a Saudi airline pilot, an Egyptian flight attendant, and a Syrian widowed mother of four.
In the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday, the deceased included Saudi pilot Hamoud Ali Alkalthami, an Egyptian flight attendant named Azza Ramzy, and Syrian Buthaina Ahmad Oweida. The attack also claimed the lives of two Bangladeshis and citizens from the US, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Sudan.
Azza Ramzy, 28, worked as a flight attendant for Saudi airline flynas and died from injuries sustained in the attack. Her death was confirmed by Egypt's Foreign Ministry, which directed the Egyptian embassy and the general consulate in Riyadh to expedite her body's transfer to Egypt.
Buthaina Ahmad Oweida, a widow with four children, had lived in Saudi Arabia for five years and was returning from a visit to her sister in Makkah when she was killed. The Syrian consul informed her brother of her death, citing official confirmation from the Saudi government.
Talal Al Dani, a Palestinian citizen, was among those killed in Saturday's attack in Riyadh, according to the Palestinian Foreign Ministry. He was repatriation arrangements were being handled by the Palestinian embassy in Saudi Arabia.
The attack on King Khalid International Airport left hundreds injured, marking the deadliest strike on Saudi soil in more than a decade. Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation subsequently suspended operations at the airport until midnight on Tuesday.
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