Passenger terminal in Riyadh airport hit again, a day after deadly strike killed 12

Updated on: October 11, 2026 / 11:38 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Yemen's Houthis issued a new threat to Saudi Arabia's airspace on Sunday after an attack on the kingdom's international airport in Riyadh killed at least 12 people, including a U.S. citizen, and wounded hundreds of others. Hours later, a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen said a projectile struck a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.

There were no immediate details about the latest strike, which hit the same complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights.

Saturday's strike at the airport, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, marked a major escalation in the war between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis and the kingdom and further complicated sputtering efforts to halt the U.S.-Iran war.

The airport remains closed on Sunday and Saudi Arabia moved Riyadh schools online amid the Houthis' latest threat. Flights were diverted elsewhere, the Flightradar24 tracker said. Countries including the U.S., Britain, Germany, Australia and Canada warned citizens to avoid the airport.

While the Houthis did not immediately claim Saturday's deadly strike, they threatened new attacks on the kingdom's airports, except for the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, warning…

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