Material damage under review after deadly drone strike on King Fahd Airport

UPDATE - follow-up to Saudi civil aviation says one killed, eight injured in attack on King Fahd airport: Material damage at King Fahd International Airport is being assessed, Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night killed a Saudi resident and injured eight people. Flights were diverted as Flightradar24 reported. The airport has faced similar Houthi missile and projectile strikes before. The Iranian‑backed Houthis have not commented, while the Saudi coalition said it intercepted four drone attacks in the eastern region. Earlier on Wednesday, debris from an intercepted drone hit an Aramco‑run oil field in the southeast, killing a Nepali and a Filipino worker and wounding Pakistani and Indian nationals; the falling debris also ignited a fire in a contractor’s vehicle at the Shaybah field. A month earlier, debris from a Houthi drone killed a Yemeni resident, the first civilian death after the Houthis stepped up attacks on Saudi shipping and oil sites. In early October, a limited fire broke out in an Aramco administrative building in the Eastern Province. The latest incident adds to a pattern of escalating aerial threats to Saudi critical infrastructure. ## Context These attacks are part of a broader Houthi campaign targeting Saudi energy and transport hubs, aiming to pressure the kingdom over the Yemen conflict.