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Saudi Arabia has said at least 12 people were killed, and more than 300 were wounded in an attack by Yemen\u2019s Houthis on the King Khalid International airport near its capital, Riyadh.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said the attack on Saturday killed at least four Saudi citizens and two Bangladeshis.<\/p>\n
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The dead also included one person each from the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt.<\/p>\n
At the latest count, at least 309 people were wounded, it said.<\/p>\n
GACA added that some of the wounded were in critical condition and that all were receiving medical care in hospital.<\/p>\n
The attack \u2013 which also caused property damage \u2013 marked the third assault by\u00a0the Houthis on the international airport this week. Houthi attacks on King Khalid airport<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday killed at least three Saudi citizens, including a pilot, according to GACA.<\/p>\n Operations at the airport were temporarily suspended, with GACA saying officials were assessing the damage.<\/p>\n \u2018Decisive\u2019 response<\/p>\n The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen called the attack a \u201cfull-fledged war crime\u201d. Spokesperson Major-General Turki al-Malki said the coalition would \u201crespond decisively to this terrorist attack in accordance with the Customary International Humanitarian Law\u201d.<\/p>\n Al-Malki also confirmed a separate incident, saying in a post on X that \u201ca projectile fell in the vicinity of King Fahd International Airport in Dammam\u201d.<\/p>\n Al Jazeera\u2019s Yousef Mawry, reporting from Sanaa, said the Houthis had signalled that King Khalid International and other airports in Saudi Arabia would be among their main targets.<\/p>\n The attacks come as fighting intensified in Yemen, with forces loyal to the country\u2019s internationally recognised government fighting the Iran-backed Houthis for control of the country.<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia has waged an air campaign in support of the Yemeni government\u2019s ground war and claimed hundreds of strikes on Houthi-held territory, including the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.<\/p>\n The head of the Houthi media office said in a post on X after Saturday\u2019s attack that the group had \u201cshut down Riyadh international airport\u201d.<\/p>\n The Houthis have said airliners should avoid Saudi airspace, declaring it a zone of military operations after the Yemeni government launched an offensive against the group on Monday.<\/p>\n It said\u00a0any aircraft operating there \u2013 except over the holy cities of Mecca and Medina \u2013 is a target.<\/p>\n \u2018Direct threat\u2019 to regional security<\/p>\n