American citizen among the dead in latest Houthi attack on Riyadh airport, Rubio says
Saudi authorities said the strike shut the airport and diverted flights, while the coalition called it a war crime and vowed a firm response.
- On Saturday, a Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed 12 people and wounded 309, according to Saudi authorities. This marked the third strike on the facility this week, temporarily suspending airport operations.
- The strike occurred as Iran-backed Houthi forces escalated their campaign following a Saudi-backed Yemeni government offensive that began Monday. The conflict has generated hundreds of strikes across Houthi-held areas in recent weeks.
- Without warning, the strike killed four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, and nationals from the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, and Egypt. The kingdom's threat detection system failed to issue an alert.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the raids as showing "a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life," while the Saudi-led coalition vowed to respond. President Donald Trump said his administration would decide quickly on joining strikes.
- Travel was disrupted shortly before Riyadh is scheduled to host major energy and investment conferences at an airport serving eight million people. Organizers stated prior to the attack that events would proceed as planned.
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The Saudi Arabia-led Arab Coalition has declared the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen a "terrorist act" and will be met with a "decisive response."
The conflict with the pro-Iranian Huthi militia has continued to escalate with a major missile attack on the Saudi capital airport. The US does not want to rule out intervention.
Smoke, fleeing people and flashes of explosions. These are the images that come from Riad Airport where for an attack attributed to Iranian wire terrorists Houthi died at least 12 people and over 300 were injured. The attack follows that of Thursday, which had caused three deaths including a pilot of the company of [...] L'articolo The smoke and people fleeing after the attack at Riad airport comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
The Arab League, made up of 22 countries, calls repeated attacks on civil aviation facilities a "flagrant violation of international law," while the UN claims that the aggression "perpetuates the spiral of violence"
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