Jordan's King Abdullah II condemned the attacks targeting Saudi Arabia's Abha and King Khalid International airports and announced his support for Riyadh's efforts to protect its security and sovereignty.
Abdullah said his country stood in full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and conveyed his condolences to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. In his messages, the Jordanian king expressed condolences for those killed in the attacks, prayed for mercy for the deceased and wished patience for their families.
Casualties in attacks targeting the airports
According to Saudi authorities, three people from Morocco, Algeria and Sudan were killed and 36 people were injured in attacks on Abha and King Khalid airports on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation said three Saudi citizens were killed and others were injured in two attacks on the King Khalid International Airport facilities and a Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft on Thursday.
Saudi authorities did not announce who was responsible for Thursday's attacks. The Houthis announced that they had targeted King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, Najran Airport in the south of the country and an air base in Khamis Mushait in the southwest that same evening, using ballistic and cruise missiles.
The continuing backdrop of conflict in Yemen
The attacks took place after a military escalation began in July 2026, following a period of relative calm that emerged after the ceasefire between Yemen's government and the Houthis began in April 2022. The escalation was described as the largest since that period of calm.
The conflict in Yemen has continued since the Houthis seized control of the capital, Sana'a, and several provinces in September 2014. The Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015 to support the Yemeni government.
