World · 2026-10-22 · Afternoon briefing
Two killed in Houthi attack on eastern Saudi airport
An attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi movement on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, killed two people and injured eight on Wednesday. The victims were identified as a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident. The Iran-backed group said the airport was one of several sites targeted with drones and missiles over a 48-hour period, including the defence ministry in Riyadh.
The strike brings the death toll from Houthi attacks on Saudi airports to at least 21 since the start of October. A single missile strike on Riyadh's airport that month killed 13 people and injured 308, the deadliest attack in the kingdom in over a decade. Saudi forces said they intercepted eight drones during the latest wave of attacks.
The Houthis describe their campaign as retaliation for Saudi air strikes in Yemen. The two sides present vastly different casualty figures for the past three months of renewed conflict: the Houthi-run health ministry reports 155 civilians killed, while the Yemeni government's ministry claims at least 1,574 people have been killed over the same period.
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