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Saudi diplomat says Iran encourages Houthi escalation of attacks on the kingdom
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Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, have repeatedly attacked the Saudi capital of Riyadh in recent days. On Saturday, a missile strike on the airport in Riyadh killed at least 12 and injured over 300 in the deadliest attack on Saudi soil in over a decade.
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Thursday’s Houthi-claimed attack on Riyadh’s airport put Saudi Arabia’s emerging defense alignment with Turkey and Pakistan in the spotlight, as Syria reportedly weighs a possible role in Yemen’s widening war.
Explosions rocked the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh after Iranian-backed Houthi rebels launched missiles Saturday at King Khalid International Airport. At least five people were critically injured […]
Saudi Arabia’s $83bn military is struggling to contain the Houthis, exposing structural weaknesses that threaten its security and ambitious economic transformation.
The Houthis have hit at Crown Prince Mohammed’s ambitions to transform Saudi Arabia from an insular, oil-dependent nation into a global hub for business and tourism.
DUBAI/RIYADH >> Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for a Saturday strike on Riyadh’s international airport that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, while Saudi authorities reported that people were injured in a new attack on the airport on Sunday.
ANKARA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants on Riyadh's international airport, saying they were a "dangerous escalation that cannot be justified or accepted under any pretext".
Saudi Arabia suffered its deadliest strikes since the Iran war began as Houthi militants repeatedly targeted airports across the kingdom over the weekend, killing at least 14 people and wounding hundreds.
By Laura Sharman, Tim Lister, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — New CCTV video has emerged showing the terrifying moment Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was hit in a Houthi strike at the weekend that killed at least 13 people and wounded hundreds more in Saudi Arabia’s deadliest attack in mor…
After four years of relative calm, the war pitting Yemen’s Houthi militia against the country’s internationally recognized government and its backer Saudi Arabia is back on. Announcing the start of a full-scale military campaign against the Houthis, the Saudi-led coalition supporting government forc…
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation body extended the suspension of operations at Riyadh's international airport Monday following a series of deadly attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels over the weekend. The statement announcing the decision did not specify when operations would resume.
A new attack hit Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack on the airport killed at least 12 people and injured over 300. This was the deadliest on Saudi soil in over a decade.
DUBAI/RIYADH — Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for a Saturday strike on Riyadh’s international airport that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, while Saudi authorities reported that people were injured in a new attack on the airport on Sunday.
