# Why are the Houthis striking Saudi airports?

https://mins.news/en/item/96645

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-12 14:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/12/why-are-the-houthis-striking-saudi-airports?traffic_source=rss

> The Houthis claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, which killed one person and injured nearly a dozen. Another attack the previous day killed 13 and wounded more than 300. The assaults are the deadliest on Saudi soil in over a decade and have severely disrupted civil aviation, amid an escalation between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces after a UN-brokered ceasefire largely collapsed.

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