King Khalid Airport in Riyadh was targeted by a ballistic missile Yahya Sari, the spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, announced: "By the grace of God, our armed forces successfully attacked the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, with a ballistic missile." The attack was direct and caused significant damage to the airport. He added: The armed forces emphasize that the King Khalid International Airport is not safe and ask all international airlines, their employees and passengers to avoid traveling in the airspace of Saudi Arabia, because the Saudi airspace is not safe, with the exception of the airspace of Mecca and Medina.