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Saudi Officials Say Houthi-Claimed Attacks on Riyadh Airport Killed 3
Saudi aviation officials said the attacks damaged airport facilities and a Saudia plane, and flights later resumed normally.
- On Thursday, two attacks at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed three Saudi nationals, including a Saudia Airlines pilot, the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority confirmed on Friday.
- The Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for the attacks, citing two cruise missiles fired at the facility as the conflict with Yemen's Saudi-backed government intensifies.
- Striking airport facilities first, the attacks also damaged a Saudia aircraft with no passengers on board at the time, according to the General Authority.
- Operations at the airport resumed by 6 p.m. on Thursday following the attacks that authorities said "resulted in the martyrdom of three citizens."
- Houthis have repeatedly targeted civilian infrastructure and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia while seizing territory along the Red Sea coast in Yemen during their offensive.
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Saudi officials say Houthi-claimed attacks on Riyadh airport killed 3
BEIRUT — An airline pilot was among three Saudi citizens killed in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia airlines plane, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said Friday. Several people “of different nationalities” were wounded.
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