The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said early Thursday that a Saudi resident was killed in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, which borders the Persian Gulf near Bahrain and Qatar. The authority also said eight people were injured and the airport sustained minor physical damage in the late-night attack on Wednesday. Flight-tracking service Flightradar24 reported on Twitter that flights to the airport had been diverted.
Officials did not say who carried out the attack or provide any other details. King Fahd Airport has been attacked before in a series of Houthi missile and missile attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s main airport.
The Iran-backed Houthis have not yet commented on the attack. The Saudi coalition said it foiled four drone attacks in the eastern region. A Saudi national was killed and eight others injured in an attack at King Fahd International Airport late Wednesday night. The airport was also damaged and some flights were diverted.
Some diplomats and families of American government employees were ordered to leave Saudi Arabia. The move follows a series of deadly attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and fears of further escalation of the conflict.
Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said two people were killed and two others were injured by debris after a drone was shot down at an Aramco-operated oil field in the country’s southeast. According to the ministry, the two people killed were citizens of Nepal and the Philippines, while the injured included citizens of Pakistan and India.