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(play video) play video   play video    (Saudi)      Video Duration 00 minutes 52 seconds  play-arrow   00:52   Twelve killed, more than 300 injured in Riyadh airport attack    (https://www.aljazeera.com/author/sherwanim)    (https://www.aljazeera.com/author/edna_mohamed_200414103930555)     By  (https://www.aljazeera.com/author/sherwanim) Faisal Aziz Khan and (https://www.aljazeera.com/author/edna_mohamed_200414103930555) Edna Mohamed    Published On 11 Oct 2026 11 Oct 2026        Save       Share Saudi-led forces vow ‘decisive’ response to Houthi attack on Riyadh airport on social media share-nodes    Share (https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F58u90m) facebook      (https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Saudi-led%20forces%20vow%20%E2%80%98decisive%E2%80%99%20response%20to%20Houthi%20attack%20on%20Riyadh%20airport&source=sharethiscom&related=sharethis&via=AJEnglish&url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F58u90m) x    (whatsapp://send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F58u90m) whatsapp-stroke    (https://aje.news/58u90m)  copylink          google       Add Al Jazeera on Google  info       Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority says 12 people were killed and 309 injured in (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/attack-on-airport-in-saudi-capital-riyadh-leaves-several-injured) the latest Houthi attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid airport, as the Saudi-led coalition vows to respond. 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