Riyadh airport hit again a day after Houthi missile killed 13
A projectile hit a passenger terminal at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, killing one person and injuring 11. It came a day after a Houthi missile strike on the same terminal killed 13 people and hurt more than 300. The airport stays closed, and Saudi schools have moved online until Thursday.
A projectile hit a passenger terminal at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, and Saudi civil aviation officials said one person was killed and 11 were injured. Saudi authorities described the dead man as a Pakistani national.
The strike came a day after a missile hit the same domestic terminal complex, killing 12 people at first count, including one American. India's embassy said one of its citizens later died of his wounds, which brings the toll to 13. More than 300 people were hurt, and some are in critical condition.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed the attacks, and the airport has now been hit four times in five days. Saudi officials kept it closed and moved schools online until Thursday. Late Sunday, Saudi authorities said King Fahd International Airport in Dammam had also been attacked, with few details.
The Houthis warned airlines, crews and travelers to stay away from Saudi airports. "The worst is yet to come," the group said, if Saudi military action in Yemen goes on. Britain told its citizens to avoid all but essential travel to Jeddah and Dammam.
President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States may join Saudi strikes on the Houthis. "We're gonna look at it," he told reporters. Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the attack. About 200 U.S. military advisers already help the Saudi campaign, but U.S. forces have not fought the Houthis directly.
The fighting is a new front in the wider war with Iran. The rebels seized ground along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait last month. The Houthi-run health ministry says Saudi-led airstrikes have killed 91 Yemenis in recent weeks, and a child died in a strike on Sanaa on Sunday.
The outlets do not agree on when the Iran war began: The Guardian dates it to March. The Washington Examiner, citing the Associated Press, says February.
What we know: Two strikes on the same Riyadh terminal in two days have killed 14 people and hurt more than 300, and the Houthis say more attacks are coming.
What we don't: Whether Trump will order U.S. forces into the fight, or when the airport will reopen.
Where outlets agree NPR and The Guardian both report that a projectile hit the same Riyadh terminal on Sunday, a day after a missile strike there killed 13 people.
Where they differ The Guardian says the war with Iran began in March, while the Washington Examiner, citing the AP, says it broke out in February.