Riyadh airport hit again after deadly Houthi missile attack, Saudi authorities say

A projectile hit a passenger terminal at the King Khalid international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, starting a fire and causing injuries, according to Saudi authorities.

Air defences also intercepted a cruise missile in the vicinity of the airport.

The attack is the latest of several on the airport in the past week, and comes after a deadly missile attack on Saturday that killed 13 people and injured more than 300.

The escalating attacks threaten to draw more countries into the Yemen conflict and further widen the regional fallout of the US-Iran war.

The US president, Donald Trump, said he was weighing whether to join the Saudi military campaign in Yemen, telling reporters: “We’re going to look into it.”

The Iran-allied Houthis claimed to have launched several attacks on the airport, including the attack on Saturday, which killed 13 people and injured more than 300.

The Houthis doubled down on their threats on Sunday, warning airlines, passengers and staff to stay away from Saudi airports.

The group said “the worst is yet to come” if Saudi military action in Yemen continued.

The Houthis said a Saudi airstrike on Sana’a on Sunday hit a home and killed a child, as well as injuring six others.