Iran-US war latest: Plane damaged and flights suspended after Houthi strike on major international airport
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed they attacked Riyadh airport with a ballistic missile on Thursday. A parked Saudia Airlines plane caught fire and was badly damaged, according to Reuters, which cited sources.
Air India and Lufthansa suspended flights to the Saudi capital.
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the latest claim, but said three people were killed in airport strikes earlier this week.
According to aviation analytics company Cirium, almost half of departures from the Riyadh airport had been cancelled by 1500 GMT yesterday, with 31 more cancellations expected for Friday in all Saudi airports.
Earlier, Donald Trump said the US will not attack Iran for almost a month as claimed “productive” discussions were taking place over ending the conflict.
In a statement issued on Truth Social on Thursday evening, the US president wrote: “We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran. We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd.”
