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Blast reported at Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport

DW10 October 2026, 15:01 UTCSaudi Arabia

Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport has already been targeted multiple times this week amid intensified fighting between a Yemen-based Houthi rebels and a Saudi-backed coalition.

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