American citizen among the dead in latest Houthi attack on Riyadh airport, Rubio says
The Iran-backed Houthis’s latest attack against Saudi Arabia left an American citizen dead and over 300 people injured on Saturday.
TL;DR
- An American citizen was killed and over 300 people were injured in a Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio strongly condemned the attack, calling it a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life.
- President Donald Trump indicated that the U.S. may join Saudi strikes against the Houthi forces.
- The strikes killed four Saudi nationals and a Palestinian, as well as citizens from Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Sudan.
- Houthi forces had also attacked Abha International Airport on Wednesday, killing two people.