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Saudi airport passenger terminal is struck again, a day after 12 were killed
Source: Hindustan Times — World · 1 day ago
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A Houthi missile strike hit a passenger terminal at Saudi Arabia’s main airport in Riyadh, coming just a day after a previous attack that killed 12 people. The rebels say they are targeting Saudi aviation and oil facilities as part of a wider escalation that also threatens shipping through the Red Sea’s Bab el‑Mandeb Strait. Saudi officials say the kingdom is coping with the attacks while continuing to host international energy and investment events.
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The latest strike in Riyadh came shortly after the Houthis said the airport in the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again, and blamed the Saudis. At stake, again, in this escalation are global supplies and prices of oil as well as commercial shipping through a crucial alternative waterway to the Iran-threatened Strait of Hormuz — along with…
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