The Houthis have warned against using Saudi airports after launching the deadliest strike on the kingdom's soil, killing 12 and injuring hundreds more.
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The Saudi-led coalition accused the Iran-backed group of carrying out a 'full-fledged war crime' on King Khalid International Airport as it vowed on Sunday to retaliate.
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It came during an unprecedented wave of Houthi strikes on the kingdom after a truce agreed with Yemen's Riyadh-backed government unravelled in July.
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Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree has put out a statement saying the rebels want to 'reiterate their warning... against using Saudi airports and airspace' as 'they are potential targets and sites for operations by our forces'.
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He urged 'everyone to take our warnings seriously', adding that Saudi Arabia 'bears responsibility' for failing to intercept its missiles.
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British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting described the Houthi rebels' attack as a 'contemptible' and 'dangerous' escalation in the war between the two sides.
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He told Sky News: 'What we've seen overnight is a dangerous escalation and I'm afraid an increasing pattern of behaviour from the Houthis that's targeting civilian sites in Saudi Arabia.
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This is completely contemptible action and it's one of the reasons why the UK is providing support to Saudi Arabia in the form of air defences, but also air-to-air refuelling.
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King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh (pictured) was attacked again, leaving 12 dead
An urgent evacuation was triggered at the international travel hub as all flights to Riyadh had either been diverted or cancelled
The wreckage of the Saudia Airlines plane at King Khalid International Airport following an attack on Thursday
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We want to see an end to this conflict.
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It cannot be right that the Houthis are attacking civilian targets in this way.
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And EU chief Ursula von der Leyen joined the chorus of condemnation today as she too labelled the attacks a 'dangerous escalation' while calling on the Houthis to halt strikes on civilian targets.
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She said: 'These attacks by Iran's proxies are pushing the region into a spiral of violence.
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They are destabilising crucial global transport and energy nodes with shockwaves sent through the world.
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These murderous attacks at civilians must stop at once.'
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She added that the EU stands in 'solidarity with Saudi Arabia'.
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The ongoing bloodshed has raised the possibility of a wider escalation, with Donald Trump signalling that the US could join military action against the rebels.
Four Saudi citizens were among the dead in the attack, including a captain with the national airline as well as two Bangladeshis, one US citizen, one Egyptian, one Jordanian, one Syrian, one Palestinian and one Sudanese.
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It appeared to be the first confirmed attack on the Saudi national carrier since the new offensive began.
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Saudia Group said one of its aircraft was damaged while it was on the ground but no passengers were on board.
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Meanwhile some of the 309 wounded were in serious condition.
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One passenger witnessed a strike in the airport's domestic terminal.
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They said: 'I was on gate 403.
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I saw 401 hit, I saw injured in front of my eyes.
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Everyone was running.'
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Operations at the airport were suspended following the attack and authorities said damage assessments were continuing.
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Air traffic monitor Flightradar24 noted the suspension, saying 'the closure of Riyadh Airport has been extended by another 24 hours, until 21:00 UTC today', in a statement posted on X.
But flights continue to be suspended today, a senior aviation source in the Saudi capital said on Sunday, after authorities announced a temporary closure the night before.
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The source said: 'Riyadh airport has suspended operations again today.
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They informed us of this at dawn,'
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A second source working in the aviation sector who helps oversee flights to Riyadh confirmed the halt in operations 'until further notice'.
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They said: 'The information we have is that operations are suspended until further notice and that some systems have been damaged - the radar and communications equipment.'
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The attack prompted health officials to activate a rare mass call-up of doctors to deal with the 'serious emergency situation', a medical source said.
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Two doctors said several pilgrims headed to Mecca had been among the wounded.
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Foreign embassies warned their citizens to avoid the airport.
Coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Malki described the strike as a 'cowardly terrorist attack' against a civilian facility.
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He said: 'The cowardly terrorist attack by the Terrorist Houthi Militia... which resulted in deaths and injuries among civilian passengers and airport staff, constitutes a full-fledged war crime.'
Earlier, the coalition said it had intercepted missiles targeting Saudi Arabia and destroyed launch platforms.
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The Houthis claimed a series of strikes targeting the airport on Thursday that killed three people and damaged a passenger jet, though they did not immediately take responsibility for any new attacks on Saturday.
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Saturday's attack was the deadliest in the kingdom since May 2015, when an Islamic State suicide bomber killed 21 worshippers in a Shia mosque in the eastern Qatif governorate.
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The civil war in Yemen flared back to life in July after a four-year, UN-brokered truce collapsed, months into a wider Middle East war that has rocked the region and roiled energy supplies and markets.
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A thick black column of smoke and flames were shown rising from Riyadh airport
Saudi Arabia leads an international coalition that has supported Yemen's government militarily since 2015 and is now being drawn deeper into its impoverished neighbour's conflict.
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Donald Trump on Saturday hinted that Washington could intervene militarily to launch attacks on the Houthis.
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Asked whether he had changed his mind about joining Saudi strikes on the group, the US President said: 'We may.
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