12 killed in attack on Riyadh airport, Saudis are good fighters: Trump

Saudi authorities has said that an attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded over 300 more. The statement says the dead included four Saudi citizens as well as two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a U.S. citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese. The international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, was attacked again Saturday as the kingdom faces an extraordinary series of assaults in the new front in the Iran war. On Saturday, a missile struck a complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights and many people were wounded, a regional official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to the media.The attack comes amid escalating strikes on Saudi Arabia as the Iran war widens across the region.Saudi civil aviation authorities suspended operations at Riyadh airport following the attack and began assessing the damage and injuries. An official aviation notice said the suspension would remain in place until midnight. Flights were diverted to other airports, according to flight-tracking service Flightradar24. Several airlines had already suspended services to Riyadh and other Saudi airports amid growing security concerns.

Saudi Arabia confirms 12 KILLED by attack on King Khalid Intl Airport Including 4 Saudi citizens, 1 American, 1 Palestinian https://t.co/vV5PvXer2B

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It was the deadliest attack in any Gulf Arab country since the start of the Iran war.The airport had already been struck in two earlier attacks this week that left four people dead and exposed vulnerabilities in the kingdom’s ability to defend itself as it wages war on the Houthis. Saudi Arabia’s early warning system did not issue an alert ahead of Saturday’s incident.
Following the attack, US President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters outside the White House, was asked whether the United States planned to join Saudi strikes on the Houthis. “We may. We’re going to look at it. We just found out about the recent attack, so we’ll make a decision. We move very quickly,” he said. “What happened in Saudi Arabia’s not acceptable,” Trump added.
After the attack occurred, the Houthi military spokesperson retweeted his own post from before the attack, saying only pre-approved humanitarian flights were allowed to land at Riyadh airport, adding the words: “a reminder.” Countries including the United States, Britain, Germany, Australia and Canada warned citizens to avoid the airport.The Houthis have said airliners should avoid Saudi airspace, declaring it a zone of military operations after the Saudi-backed Yemeni government launched an offensive against the group earlier this month.