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Saudi Arabia suspends operations at Riyadh airport after an attack causes multiple injuries

Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport has already been targeted multiple times this week amid intensified fighting between Yemen-based Houthi rebels and a Saudi-backed coalition.

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Flights were diverted from the airport in the capital of Saudi Arabia, which has faced repeated deadly attacks from the Iran-backed militia in Yemen.

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Houthi attacks on Saudi airports

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Saudi Arabia has suspended operations at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport after a 10 October Houthi attack caused multiple injuries and diverted flights, the latest in a week of repeated rebel strikes on Saudi airports that have killed at least three people and wounded 36.

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Saudi Arabia reopened Riyadh airport on 9 October after earlier Houthi attacks, then suspended operations again following a 10 October attack that caused multiple injuries and diverted flights.

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Saudi Arabia suspends operations at Riyadh airport after an attack causes multiple injuries

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Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes

Flights were diverted from the airport in the capital of Saudi Arabia, which has faced repeated deadly attacks from the Iran-backed militia in Yemen.

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