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Yemen's Houthi movement carried out a series of missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh over the weekend of October 10-11, 2026, in the deadliest attack on the kingdom since May 2015. The initial Saturday strike killed at least 12-13 people and wounded over 300, including Umrah pilgrims, Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, Egyptian, Jordanian, Syrian, Sudanese and American nationals; a follow-up strike on Sunday killed at least one more person and sparked a fire at the terminal, while the Houthis also claimed an attack on Dammam's King Fahd International Airport and nearly intercepted a missile headed toward Khamis Mushait. The group warned airlines and travelers to avoid all Saudi airports except Mecca and Medina, prompting carriers including SriLankan Airlines to suspend flights and raising questions about gaps in Saudi air defenses. The attacks drew widespread international condemnation, including from the EU, Iraq, the R4 group (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey), and Israeli PM Netanyahu, who called it a 'horrific' attack. Saudi Arabia vowed a forceful response, with officials saying interceptor stockpiles were running low, while Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers held calls aimed at de-escalating the crisis. Pakistan's PM and India's embassy confirmed casualties among their citizens, and a Saudi health minister visited survivors as the kingdom grappled with a serious blow to its reputation for stability.