Archive · 12 Oct 2026
Dammam Airport Targeted as Saudi-Houthi Attacks Escalate, Flights Diverted
Saudi Arabia said an airport in Dammam was targeted on Sunday.
The Houthis also said they had attacked the airport.
Dammam is in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
The article’s headline says flights were diverted.
This happened as attacks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi rebels escalated.
The report also says a strike on Riyadh the day before killed 13 people and injured more than 300.
It does not say who carried out that strike.
Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was targeted on Sunday.
The Houthis said they had attacked the airport shortly before the Saudi announcement.
Flights were diverted, according to the article’s headline.
The airport is in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
The report says a strike on Riyadh the previous day killed 13 people and injured more than 300.
- Who
- Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels are involved in the reported exchange of attacks.
- What
- King Fahd International Airport was reported targeted; the Houthis said they attacked it, and the headline says flights were diverted.
- When
- Sunday; the report says a strike on Riyadh occurred the previous day.
- Where
- King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province; the reported earlier strike was in Riyadh.
- Why
- The incident is described as part of escalating tensions and exchanged attacks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.
- Airport
- King Fahd International Airport
- Location
- Dammam, Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province
- Reported day
- Sunday
- Houthi statement
- The Houthis said they had attacked the airport.
- Flight impact
- Flights were reported diverted in the headline.
- Earlier Riyadh strike
- The report says it killed 13 people and injured more than 300.