Yemen's Houthis on Sunday said they launched a fresh strike on Saudi Arabia's international airport in capital Riyadh, hours after the kingdom announced that flights had resumed despite repeated attacks by the Iran-backed group. King Khalid International Airport's website showed several domestic and international flights scheduled on Sunday, including arrivals to the kingdom from Dubai, Paris and Cairo, while tracking website Flightradar24 showed some flights departed, though most were cancelled. The renewed operations at the airport came as explosions rattled Riyadh early Sunday, after a text message was sent to residents warning of a hostile threat targeting the city. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree later said the group had "conducted three military operations with dozens of ballistic missiles," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on X, claiming the strike on the airport "achieved its target". The Houthis have carried out waves of strikes on the airport, including an attack this month that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade. Saudi authorities have not commented on a new airport attack. Saree added that the Houthis targeted King Khalid air base in Khamis Mushait and a naval base in Jazan in the kingdom's south. The Riyadh airport closure...
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