Yemen’s Houthi forces carried out 20 attacks against Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport between October 1 and 11, killing at least 17 people and injuring 333 others, according to the Saudi-led coalition.
Coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki said Thursday that the assaults involved 10 drones, four ballistic missiles, four cruise missiles and two unidentified projectiles.
Speaking at a news conference in Riyadh, al-Maliki accused the Houthis of acquiring increasingly sophisticated weapons with assistance from regional actors, allowing the group to expand its missile and drone capabilities.
The deadliest attack occurred on October 10, when strikes on the airport killed 12 people and wounded 309 others, according to coalition figures.
Earlier attacks killed one person and injured eight on October 7, while three people were killed and five wounded the following day. Another strike targeting Terminal 3 on October 11 left one person dead and 11 injured.
The coalition described the attacks on the civilian airport as violations of international humanitarian law.
Al-Maliki also accused the Houthis of attempting to strike dozens of other civilian and strategic facilities across Saudi Arabia, including airports, oil installations and seaports.
He said the group had established weapons storage facilities in mountainous areas around Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, as well as in Saada and Amran provinces, using the sites to support operations against neighboring countries.
According to the spokesman, coalition operations have destroyed several ballistic missile storage facilities near Sanaa, along with 127 weapons warehouses in mountainous regions and multiple launch platforms.
The coalition also reported casualties at other Saudi airports during the same period.
An October 7 attack on Abha International Airport killed two foreign nationals, identified as Moroccan and Algerian citizens, and wounded 28 people.
A separate strike on King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jazan on October 5 injured three people.
Additional attacks targeting Najran airport on October 6 and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on October 10 and 11 resulted in no reported casualties, the coalition said.
The Houthis have claimed responsibility for several recent strikes against Saudi airports and energy infrastructure, marking an escalation in cross-border attacks.
The coalition’s casualty figures and claims concerning destroyed Houthi military facilities could not be independently verified.
