One person was killed and 11 injured when a projectile struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Sunday, Saudi military officials said. A fire erupted in Passenger Hall No. 4 after the impact.
The strike marks the second attack on the airport in two days. On Saturday, a separate strike killed 13 people and injured 308 others. The Houthis, an armed group based in Yemen, claimed responsibility for both attacks and said they used ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones. Houthi military spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Saree said the group also targeted oil facilities and Dammam airport in eastern Saudi Arabia. He vowed to continue "escalating operations deep inside Saudi Arabia" and warned that all Saudi airports except those in Mecca and Medina remained potential targets.
The casualty count from Sunday's strike includes a Pakistani resident killed in the attack, according to Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority. Saturday's deadliest strike involved victims from multiple countries. Four Saudi nationals, two Bangladeshis and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt were among the dead. An Indian man died from injuries sustained in Saturday's attack, the Indian embassy said.
The Houthis said they were targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for government forces in Yemen's civil war and over a Saudi air strike on Sanaa airport in Yemen's capital. Houthi-run media reported that Saudi forces struck Sanaa International Airport and a residential home, killing a child and injuring six people. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed these attacks and the BBC has been unable to verify the report.
The Saudi-led military coalition called Saturday's strike a "war crime" and vowed to respond. US President Donald Trump said the US would "move very quickly" on whether to strike the Houthis. UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting suggested the UK could "potentially" provide more support to Saudi Arabia. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the attacks and confirmed a US citizen was killed.
The attacks follow the collapse in July of a temporary ceasefire brokered in 2022. The Houthis control roughly a quarter of Yemen's territory and about 80 percent of its population. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Saudi counterpart on Sunday that Iran was ready to help "facilitate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen," referring to the Houthi administration.