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Saudi Arabia: Riyadh airport struck again by Yemen's Houthis

France 2412 October 2026, 09:21 UTCSaudi Arabia

A new attack hit Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack on the airport killed at least 12 people and injured over 300. This was the deadliest on Saudi soil in over a decade. Fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have been escalating for several weeks. Story by Juliette Brown and Caitlin Brown.

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