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Saudi Arabia partially reopened King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on October 25, despite threats from the Houthi group in Yemen who vowed to continue targeting the facility. The airport had closed operations on October 10 following an attack that killed 13 people, the deadliest incident in Saudi Arabia in over a decade. However, flight tracking data showed little traffic at the reopened airport, indicating cautious resumption of services amid ongoing missile and drone attacks by the Houthis.

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King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's main airport, resumed limited flight operations on October 25, 2026, two weeks after being forced to close due to deadly attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Houthis acknowledged launching new strikes on the same day but warned that the airport would “never be safe.” Major international carriers like Lufthansa and Air France have canceled flights through mid-November, while Saudia and FlyNas, Saudi national airlines, are operating limited domestic and international services from designated terminals.

The attacks this month killed 13 people and wounded over 300 in the deadliest assault on Saudi Arabia in more than a decade. On October 26, the Houthi rebels claimed additional strikes on Saudi oil pumping stations and again targeted Riyadh’s airport, though there was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities. The Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting several missiles fired by the Houthis.

The conflict has escalated tensions between Iran and its regional rivals, with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan scheduled to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on October 26 to discuss regional coordination amid rising hostilities.

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Saudi says Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats but little traffic AI generated Saudi Arabia said its main airport resumed operations at two terminals on Oct 25 even as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis vowed to keep striking the facility, saying it remained a “military target”. King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh had halted operations on Oct 10 following an attack claimed by the Houthis that killed 13 people, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade. Saudi Arabia intercepted another wave of missiles and drones on Oct 25 as fighting with the militant group continued unabated. The conflict has become an increasingly destabilising element in the US-Israeli offensive against Iran, turning US ally Saudi Arabia into a pressure point in the wider war. Flight tracking data shows little traffic After the Saudi authorities announced the partial resumption of operations at the airport, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree vowed the facility would “never be safe” and urged airlines, airport staff and travellers not to use it.

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🔮 Saudi says Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats but little traffic AI generated Saudi Arabia said its main airport resumed operations at two terminals on Oct 25 even as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis vowed to keep striking the facility, saying it remained a “military target”. King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh had halted operations on Oct 10 following an attack claimed by the Houthis that killed 13 people, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade. Saudi Arabia intercepted another wave of missiles and drones on Oct 25 as fighting with the militant group continued unabated. The conflict has become an increasingly destabilising element in the US-Israeli offensive against Iran, turning US ally Saudi Arabia into a pressure point in the wider war. Flight tracking data shows little traffic After the Saudi authorities announced the partial resumption of operations at the airport, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree vowed the facility would “never be safe” and urged airlines, airport staff and travellers not to use it.

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Saudi says Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats but little traffic · assertive framing

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Late on Oct 24, the airport said Terminal 1 would be designated for domestic flights and Terminal 2 for international flights operated by national carriers starting the next day. asserted

Terminal → say → carriers

Despite the announcement, flight tracking data from Flightradar24 showed little traffic at the airport on Oct 25. asserted

data → show → Oct

The Saudi-led coalition said earlier in the month that the Houthis had carried out 20 attacks on the airport between Oct 1 and 11. asserted

Houthis → lead → Oct

Missile and drone attacks continue Saudi civil defence said on Oct 25 that shrapnel from the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis over Khamis Mushait and Ahad Rafidah injured two people and damaged residential buildings and vehicles. asserted

shrapnel → continue → buildings

The civil defence authorities earlier issued emergency alerts for Riyadh and the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran on Oct 25, before saying minutes later that the danger had passed. asserted

danger → issue → Oct

The coalition said two drones and a ballistic missile were launched towards Riyadh, and a cruise missile towards the southern city of Khamis Mushait. asserted

drones → say → Mushait

It later said it intercepted 10 ballistic missiles fired towards southern part of Saudi Arabia. asserted

it → say → Arabia

The Houthis said they attacked the airport and Saudi oil facilities on Oct 24 but the Saudi authorities did not comment directly on the statements. asserted

authorities → say → statements

Saudi Arabia has stepped up its strikes against the Houthis after the group seized strategic territory along the Red Sea coast in September, closing in on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait – a global maritime chokepoint and shipping route for Gulf oil producers on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula to the Strait of Hormuz. asserted

group → step → Hormuz

The renewed fighting in Yemen has shattered a UN-brokered truce that had largely held since 2022. asserted

that → renew → 2022

Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 at the head of a coalition supporting the internationally recognised government, after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa a year earlier. asserted

Houthis → intervene → capital

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