Saudi Arabia’s minister for transport announced a “serious response” after the Houthi armed group launched attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a second, undisclosed facility, killing 13 people. The statement came as the kingdom grappled with what officials described as a significant escalation in the cross‑border violence.
The attacks, which targeted the capital’s main international gateway and another site, resulted in the deaths of 13 individuals, according to Saudi authorities. Details on the nature of the second facility and the exact method of the assaults were not released.
In response, the minister pledged that Saudi Arabia would take decisive measures to protect its critical infrastructure and citizens, emphasizing that the government would not tolerate further aggression against its airports or other strategic locations.
The Houthi movement, based in Yemen, has intermittently struck Saudi targets since the Saudi‑led coalition intervened in Yemen’s civil war in 2015. Their missile and drone capabilities have increasingly been directed at Saudi airfields, oil facilities and commercial sites.
Analysts note that the latest attacks could prompt a tightening of Saudi air defence protocols and potentially lead to retaliatory actions against Houthi positions in Yemen, though no specific plans have been disclosed.
<small>Source: BBC News — read the original story there.</small>