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DEVELOPING · 8 OCT → 20 OCT 2026 · 13 EDITIONS · 94 OUTLETS

Saudi Arabia keeps Riyadh airport closed after deadly Houthi attacks

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 47 94 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 8 Oct 18:17 UTC · Three killed, dozens injured in attacks on Saudi airports 9 Oct 00:13 UTC · Three killed, dozens wounded in attacks on Saudi airports 9 Oct 06:48 UTC · Three killed in attacks on Saudi airports as Yemen fighting intensifies 9 Oct 18:18 UTC · Saudi airport attacks kill three as fighting with Yemen’s Houthis intensifies 10 Oct 18:21 UTC · Riyadh Airport Attacked Again Amid Escalating Saudi-Houthi Conflict 11 Oct 00:16 UTC · Riyadh Airport Attack Kills 12 and Injures More Than 300 11 Oct 06:11 UTC · Riyadh airport attack kills 12 and injures more than 300 11 Oct 12:10 UTC · Attack on Riyadh airport kills 12 and injures 309 12 Oct 06:48 UTC · Riyadh Airport Attack Kills 12 and Injures 309 12 Oct 12:14 UTC · Renewed attacks on Saudi airports kill 13 and disrupt travel 12 Oct 18:13 UTC · Riyadh airport remains closed after deadly missile attack as new fire targets Saudi Arabia 13 Oct 06:52 UTC · Riyadh airport remains closed as Saudi Arabia faces new missile and drone attacks 13 Oct 12:15 UTC · Saudi Arabia keeps Riyadh airport closed after deadly Houthi attacks

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 13 HEADLINES

  1. 8 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    Three killed, dozens injured in attacks on Saudi airports

  2. 9 Oct, 00:13 UTC

    Three killed, dozens wounded in attacks on Saudi airports

  3. 9 Oct, 06:48 UTC

    Three killed in attacks on Saudi airports as Yemen fighting intensifies

  4. 9 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    Saudi airport attacks kill three as fighting with Yemen’s Houthis intensifies

  5. 10 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    Riyadh Airport Attacked Again Amid Escalating Saudi-Houthi Conflict

  6. 11 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    Riyadh Airport Attack Kills 12 and Injures More Than 300

  7. 11 Oct, 06:11 UTC

    Riyadh airport attack kills 12 and injures more than 300

  8. 11 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Attack on Riyadh airport kills 12 and injures 309

  9. 12 Oct, 06:48 UTC

    Riyadh Airport Attack Kills 12 and Injures 309

  10. 12 Oct, 12:14 UTC

    Renewed attacks on Saudi airports kill 13 and disrupt travel

  11. 12 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    Riyadh airport remains closed after deadly missile attack as new fire targets Saudi Arabia

  12. 13 Oct, 06:52 UTC

    Riyadh airport remains closed as Saudi Arabia faces new missile and drone attacks

  13. 13 Oct, 12:15 UTC

    Saudi Arabia keeps Riyadh airport closed after deadly Houthi attacks

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Saudi Arabia · 11 outlets
  • 12 people wounded · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 300 injured attack · from 11 Oct 06:51, 3 outlets
  • 12 killed suspected · from 11 Oct 10:15, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • injured attack: 28 (1 from 7 Oct 21:59) → 309 (2 from 10 Oct 18:08) → 300 (3 from 11 Oct 06:51)
  • injured attacks: 36 (4 from 7 Oct 19:15) → 30 (1 from 7 Oct 21:59)
  • people wounded: 12 (2 from 11 Oct 06:38) → 13 (1 from 13 Oct 11:13)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.