One killed, eight injured in attack on Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd airport

One person has been killed and eight injured in an attack on Saudi Arabia's King Fahd International Airport in the eastern city of Dammam, the country's civil aviation authority confirmed.

Key points

• Last week, the kingdom documented that a projectile strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on October 11 killed one person and injured 11.
• On Wednesday, the US State Department ordered diplomats and family members to depart from its missions in Saudi Arabia against the backdrop of the ongoing Houthi attacks.
• The US embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert on Wednesday regarding feasible further attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia.
• It was the latest in a series of assaults on Saudi airports as conflict intensifies between Houthi forces and the Saudi-backed internationally recognised Yemeni administration.

All of the wounded, whose injuries range from minor to critical, were transported to hospitals to receive medical attention, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) remarked in an official note on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, two individuals were killed after Saudi air defences intercepted a drone that was attempting to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield, the Ministry of Energy stated.

Last week, the kingdom documented that a projectile strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on October 11 killed one person and injured 11. On October 10, the civil aviation authority documented that a separate attack on the same airport maintained the lives of 12 individuals and injured more than 300.

On Wednesday, the US State Department ordered diplomats and family members to depart from its missions in Saudi Arabia against the backdrop of the ongoing Houthi attacks. There are additionally aims to withdraw family members from a number of other US missions in the region, US office-holders informed Reuters.

Notably, the US embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert on Wednesday regarding feasible further attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia.

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