At least one person has lost their life and eleven others have been injured in a new attack launched this Sunday by the Houthis against King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. This incident occurs just one day after twelve people died and more than 300 were injured in another offensive against the same facilities on Saturday.
"King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has been the target of a new attack this afternoon, Sunday, October 11, 2026," the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) reported in a statement published on the night of this Sunday.
Initially, the official note only mentioned the existence of "injured," but the agency issued an update in the early hours of Monday specifying that "the attack has caused the death of a Pakistani resident, may Allah have mercy on him, and has left eleven injured, who have been immediately transferred to various hospitals for necessary medical attention."
The civil aviation authority has added that the bombing has also caused "material damage, the extent of which is currently being assessed."
Before this report, the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia in support of the internationally recognized Yemeni government had communicated the impact of a projectile of unknown origin at Terminal 4 of the passenger airport in Riyadh, an incident that caused a fire.
"The fire resulting from the aggression and the site are being investigated directly by the competent authorities," added the military coalition spokesman, Turki al Maliki, in a message posted on social media.
In subsequent messages, the military spokesman detailed that Saudi air defenses managed to intercept and destroy a cruise missile near Riyadh airport, as well as a drone in the eastern region of the country and, already in the early hours of Monday, another "ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards Jamis Mushait," in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh airport has become a recurring target of bombings by the Yemeni rebel group. The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation itself has raised this Sunday to twelve dead and 309 injured the toll of the attack claimed by the Houthis the day before against these facilities.
The airport in Dammam suffers another attack
Hours later, the GACA has communicated a new aggression against the airport of the city of Dammam, on the coast of the Persian Gulf, without providing information for now about possible personal or material damages.
"On the afternoon of Sunday, October 11, 2026, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam has been attacked in a new aggression against civil aviation facilities," the agency has published. "The security assessment is underway in coordination with the relevant authorities," it has added.
The Yemeni Houthi militias have claimed responsibility for the attacks on Saturday against the airports of Riyadh and Dammam, in Saudi Arabia, as well as against facilities of the Saudi state oil company Aramco in retaliation for the "massacres" committed by the Saudi aviation on Yemeni soil.
In parallel, fighting continues in Yemen between the Houthi forces, who control the north and center of the country, including the capital, Sana'a, and the troops of the government recognized by the international community, based in Aden. This same Sunday, the Houthis have reported airstrikes against Sana'a airport, with no casualty balance released so far.