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Saudi Arabia reported that two terminals at its primary airport reopened on Sunday, despite threats from Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis to continue targeting the hub, which they branded a "military target".
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they → report → which
Operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh were suspended on October 10 after a Houthi-claimed assault left 13 people dead, marking the kingdom’s deadliest attack in over a decade.
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assault → suspend → decade
Riyadh stated that it intercepted another barrage of drones and missiles on Sunday as hostilities with the militant group continued unabated.
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hostilities → state → group
Houthi forces claimed responsibility for targeting the aviation hub along with additional locations across the kingdom, including Jazan and Khamis Mushait.
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forces → claim → Jazan
It remains unconfirmed whether these actions corresponded to the strikes Saudi Arabia claimed to have blocked.
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Arabia → remain → strikes
This conflict has become an increasingly destabilizing element in the US-Israeli offensive against Iran, turning American ally Saudi Arabia into a pressure point in the wider war.
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conflict → become → war
Flight tracking data shows little traffic
Following the kingdom's declaration of a partial resumption of operations, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree declared the hub would "never be safe" and urged airlines, airport staff and travelers not to use it.
Late on Saturday, the airport announced Terminal 1 would be designated for domestic flights and Terminal 2 for international flights operated by national carriers starting Sunday.
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Terminal → show → carriers
Despite the announcement, flight tracking data from Flightradar24 showed little traffic at the airport on Sunday.
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data → show → Sunday
The Saudi-led coalition said earlier this month that the Houthis had carried out 20 attacks on the airport between October 1 and 11.
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Houthis → lead → October
Missile and drone attacks continue
Saudi civil defense stated on Sunday that shrapnel from two intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles over Khamis Mushait and Ahad Rafidah injured two people and damaged residential buildings and vehicles.
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shrapnel → continue → buildings
Civil defense authorities earlier issued emergency alerts for Riyadh and the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran on Sunday, before saying minutes later that the danger had passed.
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danger → issue → Sunday
The coalition reported two drones and a ballistic missile launched toward Riyadh, alongside a cruise missile aimed at Khamis Mushait.
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coalition → report → Mushait
It subsequently stated it intercepted 10 ballistic missiles fired toward southern Saudi Arabia.
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it → state → Arabia
The Houthis stated they attacked the airport and Saudi oil facilities on Saturday.
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they → state → Saturday
Kingdom authorities did not comment directly on the Houthi statements.
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authorities → comment → statements
Saudi Arabia has intensified its strikes against the Houthis after the group seized strategic territory along the Red Sea coast last month, 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.
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group → intensify → Hormuz
The renewed fighting in Yemen has shattered a UN-brokered truce that had largely held since 2022.
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that → renew → 2022
Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 at the head of a coalition supporting the internationally recognized government, after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa a year earlier.
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Houthis → intervene → capital
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