Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have reiterated a warning to airlines, airport staff and travellers not to use Riyadh’s King Khalid International airport.
The group’s spokesman, Yahya Saree, warned that the airport was “unsafe” and remained a “military target”.
Late on Saturday, the airport said in a statement that Terminal 1 would be designated for domestic flights, and Terminal 2 for international flights operated by national carriers starting on Sunday.
Operations at the airport were halted on October 10 following a Houthi attack that killed 13 people and injured more than 300 others.
The Saudi-led coalition said early Sunday that it had downed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia towards the Saudi capital Riyadh.
“Air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward Riyadh,” the coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki said in a post on X.
Source of information: Global News Agencies including REUTERS / TASS / AFP / ANADOLU / INT.RU / Al Jazeera / CNN
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Arab coalition forces intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Ansar Allah rebel group (Houthis) toward the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, the alliance’s official spokesman, Major General Turki al-Maliki, said.
ReplyDelete"Air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Houthi militants toward Riyadh," the statement noted.
This was at least the third aerial target intercepted by coalition forces overnight.
A series of explosions occurred in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, AFP reported.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the news agency, at least three explosions were heard.
At the same time, Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Civil Defense activated the National Early Warning Platform for Emergencies, alerting Riyadh residents of a potential threat. The agency later announced that the alert had been lifted.