Saudi Arabia keeps Riyadh airport closed after deadly attacks
Saudi Arabia extended the suspension of flights at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Monday after deadly attacks, as Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the kingdom’s response “must be equally serious.”
A missile strike claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, according to Reuters, hit an airport terminal on Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding more than 300, according to Saudi authorities. The dead included Saudi and foreign citizens. Saudi state television footage showed an explosion sending passengers fleeing as parts of the terminal ceiling collapsed.
On Sunday, an unidentified projectile targeted Terminal 4 and caused a fire, killing a Pakistani man and injuring 11 people, Saudi officials said. The Saudi-led coalition also reported intercepting a cruise missile near the airport, a drone in the Eastern Province and a ballistic missile aimed at …