Attack on airport in Saudi capital, Riyadh, leaves several injured

Its statement added that officials were assessing the damage and determining the exact number of injuries.On Thursday, at least three Saudi citizens, including a pilot, were killed in Houthi attacks at the airport, according to GACA.Those attacks were launched by Yemen’s Houthi group, which is at war with Riyadh and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government in Aden.Al Jazeera’s Yousef Mawry, reporting from Yemen on Saturday, said the Houthis have yet to….

The airport did not specify the cause of the disruptions in its initial advisory.Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also instructed Saudi citizens travelling to the kingdom to contact local embassies if their travel itineraries have been disrupted following the attack.Following reports of the latest attack, President Donald Trump was asked by reporters outside the White House whether the United States planned to join Saudi strikes on the Houthis.“We may.

We’re going to look at it.

We just found out about the ⁠⁠⁠⁠recent attack, so we’ll make a decision.

We move very quickly,” he said.At the same time, foreign embassies in Riyadh, including those of the US, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, issued advisories on social media to their citizens in the kingdom.The US mission said it was “aware of attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh” and “strongly recommends” all US citizens avoid the airport and surrounding areas.The British and Irish embassies advised their nationals about….

Canada’s embassy advised citizens in Riyadh to avoid all travel to the airport, noting “ongoing military activity”.Japan’s embassy “strongly” condemned Houthi attacks on airports and other Saudi civilian facilities.Kuwait Airways said it was cancelling flights because the airport had closed due to a “security situation”.On Thursday, the Houthi military spokesperson said that the Yemeni armed group had launched a ballistic missile towards the airport in Riyadh, claiming that the missile….

Operations suspended at King Khalid International Airport after another attack this week, Civil Aviation Authority says.