late-night attack on Saudi Arabia’s Dammam airport has killed two people and injured eight others, according to the country’s General Authority of Civil Aviation, as attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels intensify.
The authority said in a statement on Thursday that a Saudi national and an Indian man were killed in the attack on Wednesday, updating an earlier death toll.
It added that authorities were still assessing the damage caused to the airport.
The development came as the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis announced on Thursday that it had intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Riyadh region.
In recent weeks, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities and civilian infrastructure have escalated, reportedly forcing the kingdom to close its main airport and postpone a major investment conference.
According to an Agence France-Presse tally of official figures, 22 people have been killed in attacks on Saudi airports this month.
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The conflict has also raised concerns over oil shipments, with a Houthi-declared maritime blockade in the Red Sea threatening Saudi is Arabia’s crude exports. Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil exporter.
The latest attacks follow the collapse in July of a years-long truce in Yemen’s civil war, where the Iran-backed Houthis are fighting the internationally supported Yemeni government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition.
After the truce collapsed, the Houthis declared a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia and began targeting its vessels, territory and oil infrastructure.
The group subsequently launched a major offensive in September, seizing territory held by the Yemeni government along the Red Sea coast.
In response, the Saudi air force has repeatedly carried out strikes on areas under Houthi control, which cover large parts of Yemen, one of the region’s poorest countries.
The escalating hostilities have heightened security concerns around Saudi Arabia’s airports, civilian infrastructure and energy exports, while threatening to deepen instability across the region.