Saudi Arabia has reopened its main airport for international flights after strikes by Yemen's Houthi rebels knocked it out of service Saudi Arabia reopened its main airport for international flights, more than two weeks after deadly strikes by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels knocked the facility out of service. Earlier Sunday, the kingdom said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile and a drone fired by the Houthis. Meanwhile, Israel pressed ahead with a broad military operation in the occupied West Bank in response to an attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three in the city of Hebron on Friday.
It comes just days ahead of Israel’s tense election on Tuesday. The vote is widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership and security policies during the past three years of war. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Sunday.
Read our full coverage here. The King Khalid International Airport said it has opened terminals 1 and 2 for domestic and international flights, starting Sunday. The airport announcement came as the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen continued to fire drones and missiles toward the Saudi capital.
Saudi military spokesman Maj. Turki al-Malki said air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile and a drone fired by the Houthis toward the kingdom's capital early on Sunday, as well as 10 ballistic missiles headed toward the southern region. In early October, Houthi strikes hit a complex housing two other terminals, killing 17 people and wounding over 330.
Last week, the Riyadh airport opened to limited domestic flights. The Israeli military on Sunday announced new restrictions in the occupied West Bank, barring Palestinian laborers from jobs in Israeli settlements, as it pressed ahead with a crackdown following a deadly attack that killed two Israeli soldiers. Israel launched the crackdown following Friday’s attack, carrying out arrests and building demolitions in Hebron, the site of the attack.
The municipality says some 2,200 people have been displaced. The operation comes as Israel enters the final days before a tense election, the first since the 2023 Hamas-led attacks and ensuing wars in the region. Israel also closed several crossings in the territory.
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