At least 12 people have been killed and 309 injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to vow a decisive response against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The coalition blamed the Iran-backed group for the attack, describing it as a “full-fledged war crime”, while a diplomatic source attributed the strike to a missile.
The attack came amid an unprecedented wave of Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia following the collapse in July of a truce in the long-running war between the group and Yemen’s internationally recognised government, which is backed by Riyadh.
The escalating violence has raised fears of a wider regional conflict...
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12 killed, 309 injured in Riyadh Airport attack
Source: Vanguard News
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