Several people were reportedly wounded in an explosion at Riyadh’s international airport in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, prompting the evacuation of travellers from parts of the facility. Reuters reported that eyewitnesses and people briefed on the incident confirmed the blast, which left multiple people injured. One eyewitness said an explosion occurred inside the airport, after…
Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they carried out drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, and energy facilities on the country’s Red Sea coast. The claim came after a large column of black smoke was seen rising near King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, hours after Saudi authorities issued air-raid alerts and…
CAIRO— Saudi Arabia has shut its strategic East-West oil pipeline after drones launched from Iraq struck facilities along the pipeline in the Riyadh and Madinah regions, while Iraq has dismissed a military commander and opened an investigation into the attacks. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday that the drone…
