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First reported 12 October 2026 · latest 25 October 2026 · 37 reports from 10 outlets
One development in Houthi airport strikes
The US warned travelers about terrorism risks across Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries after Houthi strikes disrupted airports, affecting passengers and flights.
Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport only partially reopened after it was closed this month and international services have not yet been fully restored. The latest Houthi attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, in the Eastern Province, killed two people and injured eight, Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday. Fears are growing of a renewed escalation between the US and Iran.
Saudi Arabia has faced attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have launched 20 strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport since October 1. The deadliest attack, on October 10, killed 13 people and wounded 308. Sheikh Mohamed and Prince Khalid exchanged views on regional developments with the aim of contributing to strengthening security and stability and achieving lasting peace in the region, state news agency Wam reported.
By September 11, government sources reported Houthi advances into Dhubab and Mayyun Island, completing their reported takeover of Yemen s Red Sea coast. By September 25, nearly 130,000 people, including 71,000 children, had been displaced in three weeks, according to UNICEF. PLC Chairman Rashad al-Alimi called for a general mobilisation and offered amnesty to Houthi fighters who defected.
The UN World Food Programme warned that life-saving assistance had been cut off to the government-held city of Taiz, which was encircled by Houthi fighters earlier this month. WFP and its partners cannot access more than 600,000 people in Taiz who depend on humanitarian assistance, including more than 200,000 women and children, WFP said in a statement.
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The spokesman said the attacks were carried out in response to what the group described as Saudi aggression against Yemen. Saree claimed Saudi forces had launched 100 airstrikes over the previous 24 hours, targeting civilian infrastructure in Sanaa and other areas, leaving dozens dead and wounded. He said the Houthis would continue attacking Saudi territory until the aggression ends and the Saudi-led coalition lifts its restrictions on the movement of goods and people into and out of Yemen.
Weather NewsOctober 25, 2026e-Paper Updated - October 25, 2026 02:47 am IST - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Smoke rises after an attack by Houthi rebels. File Photo Credit: AP Yemen s Houthis launched fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia and the seat of Yemen s internationally recognised government on Saturday (October 24, 2026) after blaming the kingdom for strikes that the Iran-backed group said killed 17 people. Saudi Arabia and the government it backs in Yemen have come under sustained attack in recent weeks from the Houthis as a years-long truce broke down in the summer, shifting the focus of the wider U.S.-Iran war that erupted in February.
Authorities said the coast guard s headquarters and a second building of theirs, as well as Aden airport had been targeted. The fresh attack claims came after the Houthis Al-Masirah TV channel accused the kingdom of separate strikes in Yemen that killed more than a dozen people. Riyadh has not claimed responsibility for the alleged strikes.
Riyadh has not claimed responsibility for the alleged strikes. The Houthi broadcaster said a strike on a house in Sanaa killed at least four people, another at a residential building for cement factory workers killed eight and another outside the city of Hodeida killed five from the same family. Yemen s civil war, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis against the Saudi-supported and internationally recognised government, had been dormant since a ceasefire in 2022, but erupted again in July as the wider Middle East war roiled the region.
Riyadh has not claimed responsibility for the alleged strikes. The Houthi broadcaster said a strike on a house in Sanaa killed at least four people, another at a residential building for cement factory workers killed eight and another outside the city of Hodeida killed five from the same family. Yemen s civil war, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis against the Saudi-supported and internationally recognised government, had been dormant since a ceasefire in 2022, but erupted again in July as the wider Middle East war roiled the region.
Riyadh has not claimed responsibility for the alleged strikes. The Houthi broadcaster said a strike on a house in Sanaa killed at least four people, another at a residential building for cement factory workers killed eight and another outside the city of Hodeida killed five from the same family. Yemen s civil war, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis against the Saudi-supported and internationally recognised government, had been dormant since a ceasefire in 2022, but erupted again in July as the wider Middle East war roiled the region.
Yanbu is a major oil export hub on the Red Sea coast that has allowed Riyadh to bypass Iran s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for much of its crude exports via the east-west pipeline. An attack on Riyadh airport earlier this month killed 13 people and forced it to shut, while this week the U.S. ordered non-essential embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, citing the Houthi threat.
Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport only partially reopened after it was closed this month and international services have not yet been fully restored. The latest Houthi attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, in the Eastern Province, killed two people and injured eight, Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday. Fears are growing of a renewed escalation between the US and Iran.
Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport only partially reopened after it was closed this month and international services have not yet been fully restored. The latest Houthi attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, in the Eastern Province, killed two people and injured eight, Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday. Fears are growing of a renewed escalation between the US and Iran.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the attacks were carried out using ballistic missiles and drones. Saudi Arabia said two people were killed in an attack on the airport in Dammam. Another two people were killed and two others injured after debris from a drone intercepted by Saudi air defences fell near a processing plant at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the Eastern Province.
Saudi Arabia said two people were killed in an attack on the airport in Dammam. Another two people were killed and two others injured after debris from a drone intercepted by Saudi air defences fell near a processing plant at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the Eastern Province. The Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday it had intercepted and destroyed five drones in the Riyadh and Madinah regions.
Houthi-run media reported on Wednesday night that at least six people had been killed and 11 injured in air and artillery strikes over the previous 24 hours. According to the Houthi-run health ministry, 155 civilians have been killed since Yemen's devastating civil war flared up three months ago. The government's health ministry has said at least 1,574 people have been killed in the conflict over the same period.
According to the Houthi-run health ministry, 155 civilians have been killed since Yemen's devastating civil war flared up three months ago. The government's health ministry has said at least 1,574 people have been killed in the conflict over the same period. The fighting has also displaced more than 256,000 people.
The government's health ministry has said at least 1,574 people have been killed in the conflict over the same period. The fighting has also displaced more than 256,000 people. The war began in 2014, when the Houthis ousted the internationally-recognised government from the capital, Sanaa.
Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say. Dammam is the largest city in Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province Yemen's Houthi movement has said it carried out an attack on an airport in eastern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening, which Saudi authorities said killed two people and injured eight others.
Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say. Dammam is the largest city in Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province Yemen's Houthi movement has said it carried out an attack on an airport in eastern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening, which Saudi authorities said killed two people and injured eight others. The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation identified those killed at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam as a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident.
Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say. Dammam is the largest city in Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province Yemen's Houthi movement has said it carried out an attack on an airport in eastern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening, which Saudi authorities said killed two people and injured eight others. The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation identified those killed at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam as a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident.
It did not say what type of attack occurred, but the Iran-backed Houthis said on Thursday that the airport was one of the sites they had targeted with drones and missiles over the previous 48 hours. Two more people were killed on Wednesday morning by debris from a drone that was intercepted elsewhere in Eastern Province, the Saudi energy ministry said. The drone was intercepted as it attempted to target a processing facility owned by Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aramco in the Shaybah oil field, where a contractor's vehicle was set ablaze, according to the ministry.
The Saudi-led coalition supporting the Yemeni government in its war against the Houthis said four drones were intercepted over Eastern Province on Wednesday night, and that another four were intercepted over the provinces of Riyadh and Medina on Thursday. At least 21 people have now been killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports since the start of October, according to Saudi authorities. One missile strike on Riyadh's international airport on 10 October killed 13 people and injured 308 others the deadliest attack in Saudi Arabia in more than a decade.
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