Cairo: A projectile hit a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, less than a day after a missile struck it and killed 12 people, a Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said.
There were no immediate details about the latest strike, which hit the same complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights.
The sharp escalation in the new front in the Iran war threatens to draw in greater US military involvement, as President Donald Trump has said he is weighing joining the fight against the rebels.
The strike came shortly after the Houthis said the airport under their control in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again. They blamed the Saudis but provided no details.
Saturday's missile attack on the Riyadh international airport was the deadliest in a Gulf Arab nation since the Iran war began. Over 300 people were wounded, some of them critically.
The strike on Sunday occurred as King Khalid International Airport remained closed and authorities moved schools in the capital online.
Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has vowed to respond firmly to the Houthi attack on the passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday.
Coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Malki said early Sunday on social media platform X that the coalition's Joint Forces Command would respond firmly to what he described as a "terrorist attack" in accordance with international humanitarian law.
In separate posts on Sunday, Al-Malki said the Saudi-led coalition had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile and a drone launched by the Houthi group toward Saudi Arabia.
Earlier, Houthis had warned passengers not to use airports in Saudi Arabia.
At stake, again, are global supplies and prices of oil as well as commercial shipping through a crucial alternative waterway to the Iran-threatened Strait of Hormuz -- along with civilians and aviation throughout the region.
At least 11 Indians were among the more than 300 people injured in the attack at Saudi Arabia’s international airport in Riyadh, the Indian Embassy said on Sunday a day after the attack that killed 12 people.
The Indian Embassy in Riyadh, in a social media post, on Sunday said it has been following up on the "dastardly attack" on Riyadh airport and was in touch with the local authorities to enquire about their well-being.
Embassy of India, Riyadh has been following up on the dastardly attack on Riyadh airport yesterday in which 12 people unfortunately died and more than 300 were injured. It is learnt that 11 Indians are among those injured in the attack. Embassy has been in touch with local authorities to enquire about their well being. Our officials have also reached out to the hospital authorities. We will provide further updates as they become available.@MEAIndia
The attack was the latest of several in the past week targeting the airport. The deceased included four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a US citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese.
“It is learnt that 11 Indians are among those injured in the attack. Embassy has been in touch with local authorities to enquire about their well-being. Our officials have also reached out to the hospital authorities,” the embassy said.
Strongly condemning the incident, India on Sunday said the repeated attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Gulf nation are "completely unacceptable and must cease immediately".
"We strongly condemn the repeated attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport over the past few days, including the dastardly attack on October 10, which have led to loss of lives, injuries and damage to property," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.
"We express our condolences to the families of the deceased and wish speedy recovery to the injured persons," it said.
(With inputs from AP via PTI, Reuters & PTI)