Twelve people are dead and hundreds are injured after the latest Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport.
The airport shut down operations on Saturday as officials assess the damage.
The US Government warned citizens to avoid Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport.
One US citizen died in the airport attack, officials said.
Multiple people were injured during an attack at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, which has now shut down operations as officials assess the damage, according to the country’s aviation authority.
The U.S. is warning all citizens to avoid King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh in the wake of new attacks on the location Saturday, the embassy said.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 10, 2026
The AP reported:
The latest attack on the international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh killed 12 people and injured over 300 others, civil aviation authorities said early Sunday, with some in critical condition. A Saudi-led coalition blamed Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen.
It was the deadliest attack in any Gulf Arab country since the start of the Iran war, whose fronts have expanded to include the recent surge in fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.
A missile struck a King Khalid International Airport complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights, a regional official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to the media.
The Saudi statement said the dead included four Saudi citizens as well as two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a U.S. citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese. It said the injured were being treated at several hospitals.
President Trump was asked about the latest missile attack.
WATCH:
President Trump on the Houthi attack on Riyadh’s airport:
They’re able to defend. look, the Saudis are good fighters. But I think the attack was a terrible thing. https://t.co/ErSyN0I0eC
— World Source News (@Worldsource24) October 11, 2026
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