Saudi Arabia plans to move ahead with a major investment conference in Riyadh despite Houthi attacks on the kingdom, offering on-site and virtual attendance as well as alternative air and land travel routes, diplomatic sources told AFP. Riyadh usually hosts a packed calendar of events, but it has recently seen escalating military tensions with the…
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis. On Sunday evening, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a video statement that its forces had launched missiles and drones at Riyadh and Dammam’s airports, as well as two oil and gas facilities in Eastern Province, in response to 124 Saudi air strikes in Yemen over…
21m ago Saudi Arabia vows response after deadly Houthi attacks on airports Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Monday that the kingdom had been tested, but would mount an “equally serious” response to a string of deadly attacks on Riyadh’s international airport by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Lethal airport strikes have rocked the world’s top…
Sunday’s strike on King Khalid International airport kills a Pakistani national. Published On 12 Oct 202612 Oct 2026 A projectile has struck Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International airport, killing one person and injuring 11, according to the country’s civil aviation authority. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) identified the deceased in Sunday’s attack as…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on Oct. 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Aaron Schwartz | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump said he is considering joining Saudi Arabia in its retaliation against Tehran-backed Houthis in Yemen after a deadly attack on Riyadh’s main airport, a move that…
Three Saudi citizens were killed and several other people “of different nationalities” were wounded in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia Airlines aircraft, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said Friday. Thursday’s attack was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and allied forces in neighboring Yemen launched a major military…
Numerous merchant ships belonging to Iran and other countries remain at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sept. 8, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Oil rose Wednesday as attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on Saudi Arabia raised concerns over crude flows from the Middle East even as…
Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says capacity restored after major attack last month. Published On 6 Oct 20266 Oct 2026 Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has said that oil pumped through the key East-West Pipeline reached a capacity of 5.8 million barrels a day (bpd). Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman made the comments during a panel…
Crude oil prices popped on Sunday after Saudi Arabia closed its critical pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures were up 2.89% to $102.94 per barrel by 12:27 a.m. ET. Brent crude, the international benchmark, traded 2.82% higher to $107.56 per barrel. Drones launched from Iraq damaged the East-West pipeline…
The renewed escalation in Yemen is no longer simply a Yemeni battlefield development. For Saudi Arabia, it is becoming a direct test of national security, economic resilience and the kingdom’s ability to prevent the wider regional war from spilling further across its borders. The latest Houthi attacks have demonstrated this clearly. Missiles and drones have…
