Overview
- Saudi authorities said a missile strike on King Khalid International Airport on Saturday was the third attack this week, killing 12 people and wounding about 309, and forcing airport operations to be suspended with flights diverted or cancelled.
- Embassies from the United States, Canada, Britain and other countries warned citizens to avoid the airport after footage and eyewitness accounts showed ambulances and wounded people being evacuated from the terminals.
- The Saudi-led coalition said it has launched large-scale operations in Yemen, claiming to have destroyed 136 Houthi military targets and providing round-the-clock air support to Yemeni government forces trying to retake Red Sea coast areas.
- President Donald Trump told reporters the United States 'may' join strikes against the Houthis as officials and allies weigh further military, intelligence and defensive support to protect Saudi infrastructure and shipping lanes.
- The strikes come after Houthi gains along the Red Sea and raise wider risks to civilian travel, humanitarian access in Yemen and commercial shipping through the Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint, which could further unsettle markets and displacement on the ground.