Attack on Riyadh airport kills 12, prompts flight suspensions

The Saudi civil aviation authority temporarily suspended operations at Riyadh airport and diverted or cancelled all flights to the city, while Kuwait Airways cancelled its services and Etihad and Qatar Airways had already cancelled flights, some until Monday.

Embassies of the United States, Canada, Germany and Spain advised their citizens to avoid the area, and the United Kingdom and Ireland described the incident as serious; at least 50 people were injured and three Western officials were among the dead. A diplomatic source said a Houthi spokesperson had warned that only humanitarian flights authorised by Riyadh could land, and the Houthi group had not claimed responsibility for this attack despite having claimed two earlier attacks on the same airport that week.