Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport was struck for a second straight day on Sunday, deepening an escalation that has closed one of the Gulf's major aviation hubs.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels said an unidentified projectile hit Terminal 4 and caused a fire, and the Saudi civil aviation authority said people were injured, without immediately giving a number. Air defences also intercepted a cruise missile near the airport, the coalition said, and a drone was intercepted in the Eastern Province, where officials later confirmed a strike on Dammam's King Fahd International Airport.
Saturday's attack on the Riyadh terminals was far deadlier. Reuters reported Sunday that the Houthis claimed responsibility for that strike, which killed 13 people and wounded more than 300; Associated Press reporting put the toll at 12 dead. Indian officials said an Indian national was among those who later died. The airport remained closed Sunday, although a long-planned international energy conference in Riyadh went ahead.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed the Saturday attack and said the group also targeted the Dammam airport and Saudi Aramco facilities. There was no immediate White House comment Sunday on the latest strike, which analysts say risks widening U.S. involvement and rattling oil markets.
