One person was killed and eight others were wounded in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam, the country’s civil aviation authority said.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a Wednesday statement that all of the injured had been taken to hospitals. Their conditions ranged from minor to critical.
Drone strike aimed at Shaybah oilfield
Earlier on Wednesday, Saudi air defences intercepted a drone that was trying to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield. Two people were killed after the interception, the Ministry of Energy said.
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Strikes on Saudi airports amid Houthi conflict
The airport attack is the latest in a string of assaults on Saudi airports, as fighting intensifies between Houthi forces and the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government.
Last week, the kingdom reported that a projectile strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on October 11 killed one person and injured 11. On October 10, the civil aviation authority said a separate attack on the same airport had killed 12 people and injured more than 300.
US orders diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia
On Wednesday, the US State Department ordered diplomats and family members to leave its missions in Saudi Arabia because of the ongoing Houthi attacks. US officials said plans also exist to withdraw family members from several other US missions in the region.
The US embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert the same day, warning of possible further Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.
