The Civil Aviation Organization of Saudi Arabia confirmed on Saturday, October 18, that following the ground attack on the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh and the injury of several people, the operation of this port has been suspended.

The Civil Aviation Organization of Saudi Arabia confirmed on Saturday, October 18, that following the ground attack on the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh and the injury of several people, the operation of this port has been suspended.

A diplomatic source told Agence France-Presse that the Houthis in Yemen launched a ground attack on that airport with a missile around 3 p.m. local time. According to initial reports, dozens of people were injured in this ground attack.

🔸 The Wall Street Journal also reported, citing senior Saudi officials, that the missiles fired by the Houthis directly hit terminal number three of the airport.

A hospital source told AFP that five of the injured were admitted to the intensive care unit. One of the eyewitnesses also said that while he was at gate 403 of the domestic flights terminal, he saw a missile that hit the area of ​​gate 401 and injured passengers. This witness told the French news agency: "I saw that gate 401 was targeted and people were injured in front of my eyes. Everyone ran away."