At least 12 people have been killed and 309 injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to local authorities. The dead included four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority confirmed.
Operations at the airport have been suspended. A Saudi-led military coalition blamed Yemen's Houthis for the attack and called it a "war crime". The Houthis have not commented on Saturday's attack but claimed responsibility for separate strikes on the same airport on Thursday that killed three people and damaged a plane.
An eyewitness in the domestic terminal reported seeing gate 401 hit and injured people "in front of my eyes", with everyone running. More than a dozen ambulances rushed to the airport. The Saudi civil aviation authority said some injured were "in critical condition" and damage was being assessed.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio strongly condemned the attack and confirmed an American citizen was killed. When asked if the US would join Saudi Arabia in strikes against the Houthis, President Donald Trump said: "We may. We're going to look at it. We just found out about the recent attack, so we'll make a decision. We move very quickly."
UN Secretary General António Guterres called the attacks a "violation of international law" that "must cease immediately". Egypt, Palestine and Qatar also condemned the strikes. Western embassies warned their citizens to avoid the airport until it was secure.
All flights to Riyadh have been diverted or cancelled. Several Gulf airlines cancelled services citing the security situation.
Saturday's attack was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since May 2015. The Houthis say they are targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for government forces in Yemen's civil war. A temporary ceasefire brokered in 2022 began to unravel in July, when the Houthis announced a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia and began missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities. Fighting has recently escalated between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-backed Houthis, who control most of the country.