One Killed, Eight Injured in Attack on Saudi King Fahd Airport

An attack on King Fahd International Airport in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam killed one person and injured eight, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said on Wednesday, October 21. All of the wounded, whose injuries ranged from minor to critical, were taken to hospitals for treatment, the authority said.

Drone Debris Kills Two at Aramco Oilfield

Hours earlier, Saudi air defences intercepted a drone that was trying to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the country's southeast, the Ministry of Energy said. Debris from the drone killed two people and injured two others. The ministry said those killed were Nepali and Filipino nationals and the injured were Pakistani and Indian nationals.

Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, said its forces downed four drones over the Eastern Province, the Saudi Gazette reported.

Series of Attacks on Saudi Airports

The Dammam attack is the latest in a series of strikes on Saudi airports as fighting escalates between Houthi forces and Yemen's internationally recognised government, which Saudi Arabia backs, Al Jazeera reported.

On October 11, a projectile hit Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, killing one person and injuring 11, Saudi authorities said last week. A day earlier, on October 10, a separate attack on the same airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300, according to the civil aviation authority.

US Orders Diplomats to Leave

Also on Wednesday, the US State Department told its diplomats and their families to leave American missions in Saudi Arabia, citing the continuing Houthi attacks. US officials told Reuters there are also plans to withdraw family members from several other US missions in the region. The US Embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert the same day about possible further Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.