Yemen's Houthis renew warning over Saudi airports after deadly Riyadh attack

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Yemen's Houthis warned airlines, travelers, and airport workers to avoid Saudi airports after an attack on Riyadh's international airport killed 12 people and wounded more than 300. The warning comes amid intensified fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.

By Jana Choukeir, Maha El Dahan and Timour Azhari DUBAI/RIYADH, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis warned airlines, travellers and airport workers on Sunday to stay away from Saudi airports, a day after an attack on Riyadh's international airport killed 12 people and wounded more than 300 others. It was the deadliest such attack in the kingdom in more than a decade and comes amid an escalation of fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.