King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 19, 2026. - AFP/Getty Images

At least 12 people were killed and hundreds wounded on Saturday when Yemen’s Houthi militants struck an airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital, as the Iran-backed group escalated its campaign against the kingdom.

It was the third strike on the international hub this week, and the deadliest attack against the major US ally in more than a decade.

The attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport killed four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshi residents, and one resident each from the US, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Sudan, the kingdom’s civil aviation body said Sunday, adding that 30...