Guterres strongly condemns Houthi attack on King Khalid Airport in Riyadh; 12 dead, 309 injured

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "strongly" condemned the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which left 12 people dead and hundreds wounded, calling on the Houthis to immediately stop strikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure.

Guterres said in a statement: "I strongly condemn the deadly attack launched by the Houthis on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh," adding that "attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are a violation of international law; these attacks must stop immediately."

The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation announced that the "brutal assault" targeting King Khalid International Airport on Saturday afternoon caused the deaths of 12 people, including citizens and residents, and injured 309 others.

After the renewed "brutal Houthi assaults" against civilian facilities, the official spokesperson for the Coalition forces, Brig. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, said that "the cowardly terrorist attack carried out by the Houthi militia on Saturday on one of the passenger halls at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and the resulting deaths and injuries among civilian passengers and airport workers, amounts to a fully constituted war crime, according to international humanitarian law and customary law."

Al-Maliki described the attack as "a heinous act inconsistent with principles, values and morals," stressing that the Joint Coalition Command "will respond to this terrorist attack firmly and in accordance with international humanitarian law and its customary rules."