Iran-backed Houthis strike Riyadh airport, as Trump weighs US says response

A Houthi missile attack rocked Riyadh international airport Saturday, shutting down the facility and sending dozens of Saudi civilians to the hospital — as President Trump warned the US “may” join the Kingdom in responding to the strikes.Several people were seen lying injured on the ground inside the airport, with blood stains covering the floor.Residents heard at least two loud blasts that shock the capital, as plumes of black smoke emanated from the airport, and more than a dozen ambulances raced through.“Everyone was running,” a witness told Agence France Presse as the airport was being evacuated.The attack on a passenger terminal at King Khalid Airport was caused by the Iranian-backed Houthis, a diplomatic source told the news agency.Five people remain in intensive care following the strikes, with “dozens” more wounded, according to a source at King Fahad hospital.

An Iraqi pro-militia outlet put the number of people injured at 45.Asked Saturday if Washington would provide military support to Saudi Arabia in retaliating against the continued offensives from the terror group, Trump left the door open.“We may,” he told reporters.“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.”The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the strikes, saying it resulted in “a number of injuries” and announced the temporary suspension of flights.“This attack comes amid the ongoing blatant attacks targeting civil aviation facilities in the kingdom,” it wrote in a statement on X.

All flights to Riyadh were either diverted or cancelled, with airlines including Kuwait Airways, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways shuttering travel between their respective hubs and the Saudi Arabia capital into Monday.Nearly 300 flights were cancelled Saturday, according to flight tracking sites.Four people, including a Saudi pilot, were killed in two other Houthi strikes on the airport this week in an u...