Overview
- Saudi civil aviation authorities say a missile strike wounded several people at King Khalid International Airport on Saturday and forced parts of the terminal to be evacuated while flights were diverted or cancelled.
- Two earlier strikes this week killed at least three Saudis, including a Saudia pilot, and damaged a passenger jet, worsening the pattern of repeated attacks on Saudi airports.
- Yemen’s Houthi forces have claimed responsibility for prior strikes and declared Saudi airspace a theatre of operations while using longer‑range missiles, cruise drones and maritime munitions that experts say have extended their reach.
- Western governments have issued travel warnings and airline groups have suspended services to Riyadh, the UK condemned the escalation at the UN, and President Donald Trump said the United States is considering joining Saudi strikes.
- The fighting has compounded a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, displaced more than 200,000 people, damaged health clinics and raised risks to Red Sea shipping through Bab el‑Mandeb that could disrupt global trade and energy flows.