A Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said a projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday (October 11, 2026), less than a day after a missile struck it and killed 12 people.
They blamed the Saudis but provided no details. Mr. Trump on Saturday (October 10, 2026) said he was considering whether to join Saudi strikes against the rebels. As the Riyadh airport remained closed until at least 9 pm Sunday, according to Flightradar24, fighting continued in Yemen. Earlier on Sunday (October 11, 2026), the Houthi-run health ministry said a child was killed and six people wounded in a suspected Saudi airstrike on a house in Sanaa. The ministry also said 91 Yemenis have been killed by the Saudi-led coalition in five weeks, 60 per cent of them women and children.
Because they weren’t authorised to speak to the media, the missile on Saturday (October 10, 2026) struck an airport complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights, a regional official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The sharp escalation in the new front in the Iran war threatens to draw in greater U.S. military involvement, as President Donald Trump has said he is weighing joining the fight against the rebels. The strike came shortly after the Houthis said the airport under their control in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again. He later said he planned to speak with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A Saudi statement said the dead included four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a US citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese.
