Saudi says resilience tested, vows response after Houthi airport attacks
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has vowed a serious response after a series of Houthi attacks on airports in Riyadh and Dammam left 18 people dead. Read More:…
The attacks mark an escalation in the long-running conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi movement, which has periodically targeted Saudi airports, oil facilities and other infrastructure with drones and missiles since the civil war in Yemen began in 2015. Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition backing Yemen's internationally recognised government against the Iran-aligned Houthis, and previous rounds of cross-border strikes have drawn in global attention given Saudi Arabia's role as a major oil exporter and the humanitarian toll of the Yemen war.
Both Punch and Daily Trust report that Saudi Arabia's energy minister described the country's resilience as having been tested and pledged a serious response, with the toll from the Houthi strikes on airports in Riyadh and Dammam put at 18 dead. Neither account yet details what form Saudi Arabia's response might take, when it could happen, or how the Houthis or Yemen's government have reacted to the latest violence.