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French embassy in Riyadh tells citizens to avoid Saudi airports targeted by Houthis

France 2413 October 2026, 13:51 UTCSaudi Arabia

France's embassy in Saudi Arabia told its citizens to avoid the airports in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam on Tuesday as fighting escalates between a Saudi-led coalition and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have been attacking Saudi airports and oil facilities since last week.

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