Riyadh airport hit by fresh Houthi strike day after deadly attack

One person lost their life and 11 others sustained injuries in a second Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, officials have announced. The Saudi military spokesperson disclosed that the projectile had struck the airport on Sunday, igniting a fire within one of the passenger halls. The Saudi civil aviation authority confirmed in a statement on X that the deceased was a Pakistani resident.

This incident follows a similar attack on the same airport the previous day, which resulted in the death of 13 individuals and the injury of 308 others. The Houthi forces in Yemen claimed responsibility for the strikes and cautioned airlines and passengers against utilizing Saudi Arabian airports and airspace. In the preceding 24 hours, the group had launched a combination of ballistic and cruise missiles, along with drones, targeting the airport, oil facilities, and Dammam airport in eastern Saudi Arabia.

Brig Gen Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, declared that they would continue their "escalating operations deep inside Saudi Arabia," warning that all Saudi airports, except those in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, were potential targets.