The Houthi attack on a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday killed 12 people and injured 309 others, some critically, with the wounded sent to multiple hospitals across Riyadh for treatment.
The airport was suspended from operation, with the damaged facilities inspected and assessed by relevant authorities. Saturday's strike part of a series of recent attacks involving airports in Saudi Arabia, with a clear impact on Saudi air traffic. On Saturday alone, a large number of flights in and out of Riyadh were canceled, delayed or diverted, with some passengers stranded.
Injured sent to multiple hospitals in Riyadh after Saudi airport attack
A Yemeni Houthi official warned on Sunday that the group has a broad range of military options at its disposal if Saudi Arabia continues to escalate its military actions against Yemen.
Brigadier General Abed Mohammed Al-Thawr, a Houthi military advisor, made the statement in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), following a series of deadly strikes targeting King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
"The primary objective of targeting Saudi airports is, first and foremost, to impose a blockade in response to a blockade: airport for airport, city for city. If Saudi Arabia continues escalating its actions and its war against our country, our military options are extremely broad, and Saudi Arabia will not be able to withstand them for even one month," he said.
In the latest development, the Saudi-led coalition said a projectile struck a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport on Sunday.
The strike came a day after an attack targeting the same airport killed 12 people and injured 309 others, according to the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation.
The airport has been repeatedly targeted amid a sharp escalation in recent days, as the Houthis stepped up missile and drone attacks against targets inside Saudi Arabia while the Saudi-led coalition intensified airstrikes against Houthi-held areas in Yemen.
Meanwhile, fighting has intensified in southwestern Yemen, particularly near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, where Yemeni government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition have been battling Houthi forces.
Yemen has been mired in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and much of northern Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government, which is now based in the southern port city of Aden.
Houthi official warns of broad military options if Saudi Arabia escalates military actions
