Saudi Crown Prince reportedly enters bunkers following repeated Houthi missile strikes

Saudi Arabia has suspended operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh after Yemen's Houthi movement carried out consecutive missile attacks over the weekend, according to the Daily Mail, France 24, and the South China Morning Post. A fresh strike on Sunday killed one person and wounded 11 others at the capital city's main airport, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post reported. [1][2][6]

The Sunday strike followed an attack on Saturday that hit the same airport. The Daily Mail reported that the Saturday strike killed 13 people and injured hundreds, whereas Al Jazeera reported 12 deaths and 309 people wounded. Al Jazeera added that Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority was forced to halt airport operations after Saturday's strike, which it described as the deadliest attack in the kingdom in over ten years. [1][4]

Following the escalation, the Daily Mail and Daily Pakistan reported that 41-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been moving between heavily guarded palaces with bunkers for six days. France 24 reported on Monday that Saudi aviation authorities extended the airport suspension without specifying when operations would resume. The Daily Mail added that United States President Donald Trump warned that the US could intervene. [1][6][8]

Multiple nations, including the US, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand, have issued travel warnings urging citizens to avoid Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera reported. As FTMQ News reported earlier, cross-border military strikes between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed forces have intensified recently, including Houthi attacks targeting Aramco oil facilities near Riyadh. [7][14][15]