Drone attack at Saudi airport wounds 8, damages plane
The Hindu
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the second such strike on the Abha airport in the last 24 hours
A bomb-laden drone on Tuesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, wounding eight people and damaging a civilian plane, Saudi state television reported, the latest assault on the kingdom amid its grinding war in neighbouring Yemen. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the second such strike on Abha airport in the last 24 hours. , blamed on Yemen's Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, scattered shrapnel across the tarmac but caused no casualties. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen did not elaborate on the assault or provide details about those hurt, beyond saying that its forces had “intercepted” the explosive drone.More Related News