The authorities of Saudi Arabia confirmed this Wednesday the death of two foreign women with residence permits in the country following an attack registered the day before against the international airport of Abha, located near the border with Yemen, in a context of intensification of the fighting with the Houthi rebels.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA, for its acronym in English) of Saudi Arabia has indicated in a statement that the deceased were originally from Morocco and Algeria, and has updated the number of injured to 28, including Saudi citizens, a Bangladeshi, and a Filipino.
The agency has also reported another attack registered this same Wednesday against King Khalid International Airport, which so far has left one fatality, a resident of Sudanese nationality, and eight injured --five Saudis, two Egyptians, and one Pakistani-- with varying degrees of prognosis.
All the injured have been transferred to medical centers, according to GACA, which has also reported "some" material damages in both airport infrastructures, still pending a complete assessment.
"GACA is collaborating with the competent authorities to assess the damages, verify the security of the facilities, and adopt the necessary measures to ensure the safety of passengers and maintain the security and protection of operations within the civil aviation system of the Kingdom," the regulatory body added.
The Houthi rebels claimed this Wednesday a series of attacks with drones and missiles against Saudi territory, specifically targeting the mentioned airports, the airbase of the Saudi Armed Forces in Khamis Mushait, and several military camps located in the southwest of the country.
For its part, the forces of the military coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of Yemen have emphasized in a statement that these offensives by the Houthi insurgency "have not gone and will not go unpunished."
This was stated by their spokesperson, General Turki al Maliki, who detailed the launch of "a comprehensive attack that has resulted in the destruction of a total of 82 legitimate military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist militia in the provinces of Saada, Hodeida, Jauf, and Marib."
The Saudi spokesman has specified that they have struck "threat sources related to ballistic missiles," including eleven storage facilities for this weaponry in "mountainous areas of Saada, as well as command and control centers, communication systems (...) and headquarters" of the rebels.