Saudi Arabia Reports New Airport Attacks After Deadly Strike Killed 13

At least one person has been killed in a new round of attacks on two airports in Saudi Arabia on Oct. 11.

An attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed one person and injured 11 others, according to the country’s General Authority of Civil Aviation, one day after a Houthi attack killed another 13 at the airport—including an American.

The aviation authority also reported an attack at the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, nearly 250 miles northeast of Riyadh, the country’s capital.

As of 5 p.m. ET on Oct. 11, King Khalid International canceled more than 500 flights and delayed nearly 150 planes, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com.

King Fahd International canceled 40 flights and delayed more than 100 planes.

Dozens of flights have been cut at both airports for Oct. 12 as well.

“This attack comes amidst ongoing blatant assaults targeting civil aviation facilities in the Kingdom,” Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation wrote in a statement released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

Authorities are assessing the damage from the recent attacks.

The victims of the Oct. 10 attack, which targeted a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport, included four Saudi citizens, two residents of Bangladesh, one Egyptian, one Jordanian, one Syrian, one Palestinian, and one Sudanese, in addition to the American.

The attack injured at least 309 others, with some in critical condition.

“May Allah bestow His mercy upon those who lost their lives and grant the injured a speedy recovery,” a statement from the Saudi Press Agency reads.

Yemen’s ​Iran-aligned Houthi terrorist group claimed responsibility for the Oct. 10 strike.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed his condolences to the victims and their families on Oct. 10.

“The United States strongly condemns the recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the terrorist Houthis, including today’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that took numerous innocent lives, including an American citizen,” Rubio wrote in an X post.

Rubio called the attacks a “blatant disregard for innocent civilian life” and urged the violence to end.

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Saudi Arabia urged travelers to exercise extreme caution when using all major airports in the country.

“U.S. citizens should be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures, and travel disruptions,” a security alert posted on Oct. 11 reads. “We recommend checking your flight departure status directly with the airline and with the airport.”

Americans around the world have been advised to “exercise increased caution” since July because of heightened tensions in the Middle East. The department encouraged U.S. citizens to reconsider traveling through the region.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 10 that he’ll “make a decision” on whether to join forces with Saudi Arabia against the Yemen-based Houthi terrorist group.

When asked whether the airport attacks would change his stance on not attacking Iran before the midterm elections in early November, he responded, “We’re gonna take a look.”

Jack Phillips contributed to this report.