‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s main airport that Saudi authorities say killed 12 people and wounded more than 300.In a short statement issued late on Saturday, he said attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international law. “These attacks must cease immediately,” Mr. Guterres said.Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said on Sunday that 309 people were wounded in the strike on King Khalid International Airport, some of them critically.The dead include at least four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, a US citizen, plus others from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Sudan. Operations were suspended and flights diverted.Late on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported that another projectile had hit a passenger terminal at the airport in Riyadh, causing further injuries and a fire.Third strikeIt was the third Houthi attack on the airport this week. Thursday’s strikes killed three Saudis, including a Saudia pilot, and earlier attacks on King Khalid and Abha airports reportedly killed three more and wounded 36. Houthi media reported the airport in Yemen’s capital Sana’a – which the group has controlled for years – had bee...