A massive emergency response operation is underway.
The entire airport has been evacuated. Unverified reports speak of numerous casualties, with witnesses describing "blood everywhere" inside the terminal.
Air traffic has been temporarily suspended at the airports in Jeddah, Riyadh, Abha, and Dammam.
Doctors across Riyadh have been summoned to hospitals for a "serious emergency," a medical source tells AFP.
The German Embassy in Saudi Arabia: "Due to the current situation, we strongly advise against using Riyadh airport until further notice."
Germany, Canada, and Spain issued an advisory to their citizens on Saturday urging them to avoid the Riyadh airport due to "ongoing military activity" in Saudi Arabia. The Spanish embassy warned of a new Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport and urged people to exercise extreme caution, avoid non-essential travel, and temporarily refrain from visiting or flying from the facility.
Canada advised against all travel to the airport due to the security situation, while Germany recommended not using it until further notice.
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Yemen’s Houthis have launched a missile attack on Riyadh’s international airport in Saudi Arabia, with dozens reported wounded and a witness describing panic in the terminal.
ReplyDeleteSaudi 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.
The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said it was aware of attacks on the Riyadh airport and called on American citizens to avoid the area. The Canadian, German and Spanish embassies in Saudi Arabia warned their citizens to avoid the airport. France's embassy on Friday urged French nationals to take "utmost care" in Saudi Arabia because of "strikes in recent days by the Houthis." It also warned French citizens not to record images of zones that were hit, nor share any online.
ReplyDeleteMany people were wounded in a blast at Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, according to two eyewitnesses and two people briefed on the matter, and travellers were evacuated from parts of the facility.
ReplyDeleteOne of the eyewitnesses reported seeing an explosion and then seeing multiple people lying injured on the ground inside the airport. More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to the airport.
A medical source told AFP that dozens of people were injured at the airport, with at least five people in intensive care, in a strike that a diplomatic source told the outlet came from the Houthis.
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