Attack on airport in Saudi capital, Riyadh, leaves several injured
Operations suspended at King Khalid International Airport after another attack this week, Civil Aviation Authority says.
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Operations suspended at King Khalid International Airport after another attack this week, Civil Aviation Authority says.
Saudi Aramco has told European oil refiners it will provide them with all the crude they asked for in November after the kingdom’s key cross-country pipeline resumed operation following attacks, offering relief to customers who’ve been forced to find alternative supplies.
Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its airspace in an escalating war triggered by the US-Iran conflict. The strikes, which also injured several people, damaged a Saudia Airlines plane and sent smoke billowing over the airport, led many airlines to cancel flights to the Saudi capital days before it is due to host a major meeting of global oil chiefs.
Saudi Arabia said on Friday that three people were killed including a pilot, in attacks on Riyadh’s international airport, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed a series of attacks targeting the facility. The conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-backed government has widened, with the Iran-backed fighters repeatedly attacking Saudi targets since they began a lightning offensive just across the border. While seizing large swathes of territory along the Red Sea coast in Yemen, the Houthis have...
The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government.
The Indian Embassy in Riyadh has asked nationals to stay indoors as necessary, after attacks attributed to Houthi militants killed three people and disrupted flights between India and Saudi Arabia
Yemen's Houthi rebels said Thursday they had struck Riyadh airport with another ballistic missile as Saudi authorities said three people were killed and 36 wounded in previous Houthi strikes on Riyadh and Abha international airports earlier this week. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed 82 Houthi military targets in retaliation. That comes as the fighting continues in Yemen.
The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attacks, which mark an escalation in the conflict.
Saudi authorities said Wednesday three people were killed and 36 wounded in attacks on Abha and Riyadh’s King Khalid international airports claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed the ballistic missile launch platform used to attack Riyadh, as fighting with the Houthis intensified across the region.
Saudi authorities said Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports, including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Iran-backed fighters earlier took responsibility for a flurry of attacks that included firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport as the conflict deepens with Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen’s government. “On Tuesday and Wednesday … Abha...
Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Houthi strikes on two of its international airports have killed three people.
Moroccan, Algerian women killed in Abha, Sudanese national killed in Riyadh.
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Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says capacity restored after major attack last month.
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Saudi Arabia is pumping 5.8 million barrels a day through its key cross-country pipeline, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said.
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Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is operating normally, people familiar with the matter said, after reports that it had suffered a further attack.
Flames and smoke were seen rising from a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of the kingdom’s capital Riyadh on Saturday, an AFP journalist said. The circumstances remained unclear but in recent weeks Aramco, majority-owned by the Saudi state, has come under attack from the Houthi group targeting the kingdom as part of the war in Yemen where Riyadh is backing the internationally recognised government. Aramco remains the flagship company of the Saudi economy and one of the largest...
Saudi Arabia has raised oil flows through its key cross-country pipeline to more than 80% of capacity, with volumes available for exports from the kingdom’s west coast reaching wartime highs as it sends less to domestic refineries.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis struck an electricity distribution station supplying the Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina, the Saudi-led coalition said Thursday, drawing condemnation across the Muslim world. The Houthis denied involvement in the drone attack, which came as fighting intensified between government forces and rebels in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says pilots were returned to the UAE with an Emirati security team.
Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker and safely landed the plane in Saudi Arabia.
Airline says plane experiences 'incident' en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, lands safely at Saudi Arabia's Tabuk airport.
A commercial plane travelling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes. Israeli media, citing security officials, said the incident stemmed from a feud between the plane’s two pilots, and everyone on board was safe. The plane landed in Tabuk, a civilian and military base in the kingdom. The FlyDubai plane transmitted an...
Oil rose a second day as uncertainty over progress in US-Iran talks weighed against signs of strong demand and a resumption of flows through a key pipeline from top exporter Saudi Arabia.