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Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed a missile strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, following several explosions heard in the city. This came after a drone attack on Wednesday killed one person and disrupted flights for two days. Witnesses reported diplomats and schools taking safety measures during Thursday's incidents. Major General Turki al-Malki of the Saudi-led coalition said they intercepted an incoming missile north of Riyadh and destroyed a launch platform in Sanaa, Yemen. The ongoing attacks reflect escalating tensions as Saudi forces push to reclaim territory from Houthi control near strategic waterways.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 7, Houthi rebels launched two missiles at Aden International Airport in southern Yemen. No casualties were reported, but one missile landed near the runway just before a flight from Cairo was due to land, causing authorities to divert it to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for safety reasons. The attack occurred amid intensified fighting between Houthi forces and government troops supported by Saudi Arabia, which has been carrying out a counteroffensive against recent Houthi advances along Yemen's Red Sea coast, including around the strategically important Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Additionally, the Houthis claimed to have targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, though there was no immediate confirmation of this claim from Saudi authorities. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia reported three people were killed and 36 wounded at two airports after similar attacks by Houthi forces near Abha and Riyadh. The Saudi-led coalition also intercepted another missile north of Riyadh shortly thereafter.
These incidents reflect ongoing tensions in the region, with both sides intensifying their military engagements as part of broader efforts to control key territories along Yemen's Red Sea coast.
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The claim came as witnesses reported several explosions across the Saudi capital, a day after a separate Houthi drone attack on the same airport killed one person and caused flight delays that continued into Thursday.
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Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday they targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh with a ballistic missile.
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they → say → missile
Several explosions echoed across Riyadh on Thursday, according to witnesses.
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Diplomats were instructed to shelter in place in their respective embassies, as witnesses said international schools were also taking precautions.
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schools → instruct → precautions
An earlier drone attack on the same airport killed one person, with another two killed in a separate strike on the airport in the southwestern city of Abha, Riyadh said on Thursday, as flight delays continued into the second day.
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delays → kill → day
The attack on Abha airport killed Moroccan and Algerian residents and wounded 28 other people, while the attack on King Khalid airport killed a Sudanese national and wounded eight other people, officials said.
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officials → kill → people
The Saudi General Authority for Civil Aviation did not blame any party for the attacks at the two international airports.
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Authority → blame → airports
The spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis, Major General Turki al-Malki, said forces intercepted a ballistic missile north of Riyadh and destroyed a platform in Yemen’s capital of San'aa that had been used to launch attacks on the Saudi capital.
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that → lead → capital
The group formally known as Ansar Allah has claimed repeated attacks targeting Saudi airports in recent days, along with salvos aimed at critical infrastructure and military sites across the kingdom.
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group → know → kingdom
Strikes on Saudi facilities pose a threat to crucial shipping alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic has been curtailed due to the Iran war.
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Saudi Arabia has also accused the Houthis of targeting Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, allegations the group rejected as "fabrications and lies propagated by the criminal al-Saud regime."
The Houthis are Zaydi Shia Muslims, a specific branch of Islam historically rooted in northern Yemen that is theologically distinct from both the Twelver Shia Islam dominant in Iran and Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi-influenced Sunni tradition.
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that → accuse → Iran
Any confirmed attack on either Mecca or Medina would put the perpetrators beyond the pale in the eyes of virtually the entire Muslim world, Shia and Sunni alike.
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attack → confirm → world
Houthi strikes have further escalated as Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government forces launched a major ground and air offensive aimed at retaking territory that the group seized a month ago along Yemen’s western Red Sea coast and on the Bab el-Mandeb strait.
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group → escalate → strait
On Monday, officials said forces of the Saudi-led coalition recaptured several key areas around the strait, through which about 12% of global trade transits.
“The Houthis believe that they can maximise Saudi economic costs and compel Saudi Arabia to surrender to Houthi demands by striking civilian infrastructure, such as oil facilities and airports,” the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War think tank wrote in an analysis.
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The fighting in Yemen has in recent weeks become the most active front of the wider regional war, which for months has seen violence repeatedly shift focus across the beleaguered Middle East.
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violence → become → East
More than 200,000 people have been displaced since the Yemen war escalated again in July, according to UN data.
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