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At least 12 people killed by Yemen’s Houthis’ missile strikes on Riyadh Airport

# At least 12 people were killed and 309 wounded when Yemen’s Houthi militants struck the King Khalid Airport in Riyadh with missiles over the weekend. They struck a terminal building, killing four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, an American, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian, a Palestinian, and a Sudanese. The Houthis also attacked oil facilities and Dammam airport in eastern Saudi Arabia. The group says they are targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for government forces in Yemen’s civil war, as well as an air strike on the airport in Sanaa.