In brief
Two people died and eight were wounded in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The General Authority of Civil Aviation reported that the victims were a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident, while the injured were a mix of Saudi, Indian, Yemeni, Bangladeshi and Nepalese nationals. While the airline authority did not confirm the weapon used, the pattern aligns with the drone and missile strikes launched by Yemen’s Iran‑backed Houthi movement. Earlier that day a drone over the Eastern Province was intercepted, causing debris that killed two more people, including Filipinos and Nepalese. Saudi officials have warned of a continuing series of Houthi rockets and drones aimed at airports, oil facilities and military bases as retaliation for earlier Saudi air strikes in Yemen.
Two people were killed and eight others injured when a drone-based attack struck King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on Wednesday evening, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said.
The casualties included a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident, while the wounded were from Saudi Arabia, India, Yemen, Bangladesh and Nepal.
GACA did not detail what weapon was used, but the attack fits a pattern of drone and missile strikes from Yemen’s Iran‑backed Houthi movement that has repeatedly targeted Saudi airports.
Earlier that morning, the Saudi energy ministry reported that a drone with a payload of debris was intercepted over the Eastern Province. The falling parts killed two people – residents of the Philippines and Nepal – near a processing facility owned by state oil company Aramco in the Shaybeh oil field.
The ministry also said that four additional drones were intercepted later that night by the Saudi‑led coalition supporting the Yemeni government. No comment has yet come from the Houthis, who say they are retaliating against Saudi air strikes in Yemen.
Houthi‑led attacks on Saudi airports have escalated since early October, with 21 people killed since the start of the month and a deadly missile strike on Riyadh’s international airport that killed 13 people and injured 308.
