One person is dead, and seven others were wounded in a Yemeni rebel attack on an
airport in southern Saudi Arabia, according to reports.
“The
terrorist attack resulted in martyring a Syrian national and injuring seven
civilians,” said Col. Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition
at war in Yemen against the rebel Houthis, as Gulf News reported.
“A terrorist
attack by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia took place at Abha international
airport, through which thousands of civilian passengers pass daily. A Syrian
national died and seven civilians were wounded,” the coalition’s statement also
said, as Arab News reported.
The airport
in Abha was struck shortly after 9 p.m. local time on Sunday.
The colonel
did not say what type of weapon was used in the attack.
A Houthi
spokesman, Yahia al-Sarie, said earlier Sunday the rebels had launched drone
attacks on Saudi airports in Abha and Jizan.
The attack
comes less than two weeks after the airport in Abha was attacked by a Houthi
cruise missile, wounding 26 passengers inside.
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