The deadliest attack on a Gulf state since start of Iran warpublished at 07:57 BST
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Jon Donnison
Middle East correspondent
In the Saudi capital, hospitals were overwhelmed with casualties.
Smoke billowed above the airport terminal and inside there was widespread damage.
This is the deadliest single attack on a Gulf Arab country since the war between Israel, the United states and Iran began in February.
The civil war in Yemen between the Houthis and the Saudi backed internationally recognised government has been going on for more than a decade.
But in recent weeks The Houthis which are supported by Iran have stepped up attacks against Saudi Arabia. President Trump called the attack terrible and said the US may now intervene.
It comes amid fears that the US and Israel might be about to resume strikes against Iran.
Efforts to secure a deal to end that conflict, which has sent shockwaves through the global economy, have come to nothing.
The Houthis have not commented since Saturday’s attack but did say they were behind separate strikes on the same airport on Thursday that killed three people and damaged a plane.