Claims extracted
23
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9%
2 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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‘Everyone was running’: Panic, evacuations at Riyadh airport after Houthi strike
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RIYADH –
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Everyone → run → strike
Yemen’s Houthis attacked Riyadh’s international airport with a missile on Oct 10, according to a diplomatic source, with dozens reported wounded and a witness describing panic at the terminal.
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dozens → attack → terminal
Saudi authorities did not confirm any new attack or evacuation, but one witness reported hearing an explosion while waiting to board a flight, and another said they saw a strike that left people wounded.
“I was on gate 403” at the domestic terminal, the witness said.
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witness → confirm → terminal
“I saw 401 hit.
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401 → see → ?
I saw (people) injured in front of my eyes.
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people → see → eyes
Everyone was running.”
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Everyone → run → ?
A source at a local hospital said five people were in intensive care after being wounded at the airport, saying “dozens of people were injured” in all.
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dozens → say → all
The relative of one injured person said they were wounded in the shoulders and arms by shattered glass, and were taken to hospital.
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they → injure → hospital
Three witnesses confirmed people being evacuated from the airport.
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people → confirm → airport
“Houthis are attacking civilian targets.
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Houthis → attack → targets
Riyadh airport is a civilian target,” the diplomatic source said, adding that the airport was hit by “a missile around 3pm” (8pm, Singapore time).
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airport → say → 3
The airport was hit by deadly attacks claimed by Yemen’s Houthis on Oct 8, though the Iran-backed group did not announce any fresh strikes on the facility on Oct 10.
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group → hit → Oct
The Houthis have repeatedly attacked Saudi airports, oil facilities and tankers after a truce in their long-running war with Yemen’s Riyadh-backed government unravelled in July.
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truce → attack → July
Admissions by Saudi authorities of strikes hitting civilian targets are relatively rare, with officials issuing few statements on Houthi attacks in recent weeks.
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officials → hit → weeks
The scale and frequency of the recent strikes targeting Riyadh are unprecedented in the eight months of war that has spread across the Middle East.
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that → target → East
Saudi Arabia leads an international coalition that supports Yemen’s government militarily, and has found itself drawn deeper into its impoverished neighbour’s civil war.
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itself → lead → war
Both Riyadh and the Houthis have signalled a willingness to keep fighting rather than pursue diplomacy.
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Riyadh → signal → diplomacy
Earlier on Oct 10, Riyadh airport urged passengers to check their flight status before coming, echoing an advisory sent on Oct 8, when attacks killed three people, including a pilot for Saudia, the national airline.
“Please contact your airline directly and confirm your flight status before heading to the airport,” read a statement posted on the airport’s official X account.
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statement → urge → account
The Houthi-claimed attacks on Oct 8 also badly damaged a grounded Saudia plane.
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attacks → claim → plane
Meanwhile, in Yemen, Saudi-supported government forces were advancing against the Houthis in areas they captured in September around the Bab al-Mandab strait, military sources said.
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sources → support → strait
The Yemeni government last week announced a counter-offensive aimed at retaking all areas held by the Houthis, after the group seized Yemen’s entire western coastline in a lightning offensive.
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group → announce → offensive
The Houthis confirmed that government forces had attacked in the Bab al-Mandab area – a key chokepoint for Red Sea oil and cargo shipping – but they claimed to have repelled the assault.
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they → confirm → assault
Claims by the warring parties have been impossible to independently verify, with the situation moving fast on the ground and access for journalists difficult.
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access → war → journalists
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