One person was killed, and 8 others were injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam city, according to Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced that all the wounded, who sustained injuries ranging from minor to critical, have been transported to local hospitals to receive medical attention.
The airport strike followed another deadly incident earlier in the day. The Ministry of Energy stated that two people were killed after Saudi air defences intercepted a drone attempting to strike a facility at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield.
Wednesday’s incidents mark the latest in a series of assaults on Saudi airports, driven by the intensifying conflict between Houthi forces and the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government.
Last week, the kingdom faced consecutive strikes on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. On October 11, a projectile strike killed one person and injured 11.
Just a day prior, on October 10, the civil aviation authority reported a separate, massive attack on the same airport that claimed the lives of 12 people and left more than 300 injured.
In response to the escalating Houthi attacks, the US State Department on Wednesday ordered diplomats and their family members to depart from its missions across Saudi Arabia.
Additionally, US officials told Reuters that plans are in place to withdraw family members from several other US diplomatic missions in the wider region.
On the same day, the US Embassy in Riyadh issued a formal security alert, warning of possible further attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia.
