Arabic version: وزير سعودي يتعهد برد جاد على هجمات المطارات
According to BBC News, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman said the kingdom would give a “serious” response to deadly Houthi attacks on airports and oil and gas facilities. Speaking at the WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh, he said recent events had tested the country’s infrastructure, institutions, people and resilience.
A Pakistani resident was killed on Sunday when a projectile struck Terminal 4 at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi aviation authorities said. The attack followed a missile strike on Terminal 3 a day earlier that killed 13 people and forced its closure. The airport is expected to remain shut until Saturday.
Three Saudis, including a Saudia pilot, were killed in two strikes on an airport facility and an aircraft on the ground last Thursday. Those killed in Saturday’s Terminal 3 strike included four Saudis, two Bangladeshis and one person each from the United States, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Sudan and India.
The Saudi-led military coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile over Riyadh on Monday night after explosions were heard in the capital. A Houthi spokesperson said the airport had again been targeted. Saudi authorities also said King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was attacked on Sunday evening, with no casualties reported.
The Houthis said their missile and drone operations targeted Riyadh and Dammam airports and two oil and gas facilities in Eastern Province, in retaliation for Saudi air strikes in Yemen. Qatar Airways said it would temporarily suspend flights to Riyadh and Dammam, while Etihad Airways cancelled flights between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam because of “regional disruption”.
