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Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh

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Source published: 11 Oct 2026, 00:40 CEST Publication time from the source RSS/feed

Global Security · Multiple sources

Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh

Another 309 people are injured in the attack on the airport, which come days after Yemen's Houthis said they had struck it.

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9 Oct 2026, 10:16 CEST → 11 Oct 2026, 00:40 CEST
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4 sources
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6
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Africanews - Latest

Thirty people were killed and at least 18 were injured by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine that included an attack on a public bus, authorities said Thursday, as an intensive pre-winter wave of attacks continued and power outages worsened in the capital Kyiv.

France 24 - English

Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed ​three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its airspace in an escalating war triggered by the US-Iran conflict. The strikes, which also injured several people, damaged a Saudia Airl...

BBC World

The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government.

The Guardian - World

Donald Trump says he is evaluating whether the US should join Saudi strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni rebels Yemen’s Houthis have launched a missile attack on Riyadh’s international airport in Saudi Arabia, killing at least 12 people and leaving hundreds wounded, the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority has said. Operat...

France 24 - English

At least two people were killed in an attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Saturday, including an Egyptian flight attendant, according to a medical source at a local hospital. Earlier this week, another attack on the airport by the Houthis killed three people and damaged a plane, though the Iran-back...

BBC World

Another 309 people are injured in the attack on the airport, which come days after Yemen's Houthis said they had struck it.

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