About 60 per cent of scheduled flights at Riyadh airport are expected to be cancelled on Monday, October 12, after attacks on the airport by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants, according to Cirium data reported by Reuters.
The airport cancelled 99.7 per cent of its scheduled flights on Sunday, October 11, the data showed.
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the events of recent weeks were serious and that the kingdom’s response must be serious too, Reuters reported. He added that Saudi Arabia remained committed to its international partners.
One person was killed and nearly a dozen were injured in an attack on the airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities said, according to Reuters. It came a day after a strike claimed by the Houthis killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.
Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned the attacks on Sunday, calling them a dangerous escalation.
