An unidentified projectile struck Saudi Arabia’s main international airport Sunday, injuring people a day after a deadly missile attack at the same site raised questions about whether the United States would join another conflict in the region.Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation confirmed injuries in the new attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh but did not provide a count.It said authorities were assessing damage and checking the safety of airport facilities.Saturday’s strike killed at least 13 people and injured more than 300, according to Saudi civil aviation authorities.
The attack was the deadliest to hit the kingdom in a decade and marked a sharp escalation in the Yemen-based Houthis’ campaign against the world’s leading oil exporter.President Donald Trump said afterward that the U.S.was considering joining Saudi military operations against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.“We may.
We’re gonna look at it,” Trump told reporters.“We just found out about the recent attack.
So we’ll make a decision.We move very quickly.”Nearly 400,000 in Florida and Alabama still without power as Isaias moves northIsaias left at least four people dead after it made landfall in Florida late Friday.Getty; ReutersHurricane Isaias made landfall Friday near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 storm before weakening to a post-tropical cyclone.
At least four deaths were linked to the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, including two people killed when trees fell onto homes in Florida and Alabama.The storm then roared into Alabama with tropical-force winds before heading farther north.In western North Carolina, rivers overflowed as heavy rainfall raised the risk of flash and urban flooding, according to the National Weather Service.Tornadoes were possible in parts of Virginia and North Carolina, and life-threatening surf and rip current conditions were expected to continue along the Gulf and southeastern Atlantic coasts.‘Meet the P...