New attack hits Riyadh airport, says Saudi coalition

Riyadh airport came under fresh attack on Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said, a day after a strike blamed on the group killed 12 people. Coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki said an unidentified projectile struck Terminal 4 at King Khalid International Airport, causing a fire, and that the relevant authorities were responding at the scene. He added in a post on X that air defences had “intercepted and destroyed” a cruise missile near the airport. Earlier, AFP journalists heard a powerful explosion in central Riyadh, while three residents in the city’s…