An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed one Saudi resident and injured eight people late Wednesday, Saudi aviation authorities said. The airport sustained material damage, and the injured were taken to hospitals with wounds ranging from minor to critical. Authorities did not identify the weapon or name those responsible. Flight-tracking data showed aircraft being diverted from the airport after the attack.
The strike came amid a broader campaign against Saudi airports and strategic sites. Saudi-led forces said they intercepted four drones over the Eastern Region, while Yemen’s Houthi movement has claimed previous attacks on Saudi aviation facilities. The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the Dammam strike.
Earlier Wednesday, debris from a Saudi air-defense interception killed two foreign workers and injured two others at the Aramco-operated Shaybah oil field near the United Arab Emirates border. Saudi officials said the dead were Filipino and Nepali nationals, while the injured were Pakistani and Indian nationals. The debris caused a fire in a contractor’s vehicle outside the facility, but oil-field operations were not affected.
The latest deaths followed a series of attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. The airport later resumed limited domestic operations, although some international airlines canceled Riyadh flights.
The United States ordered some diplomats and family members of government employees to leave Saudi Arabia as security concerns mounted. Embassy in Riyadh warned of possible further Houthi attacks, while American missions elsewhere in the Gulf prepared temporary staffing changes. The airport attack, the deaths at Shaybah and the diplomatic drawdown marked a sharp expansion of the conflict’s effects across civilian aviation, energy infrastructure and foreign missions.