An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, located in eastern Saudi Arabia, resulted in two deaths and eight injuries on Wednesday evening, the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation reported. The deceased included a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident, while those wounded were nationals from Saudi Arabia, India, Yemen, Bangladesh and Nepal.
The civil aviation authority did not specify the nature of the attack, though Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement has a documented pattern of striking Saudi Arabian airports using drones and missiles. This incident occurred alongside other military activity in the region on the same day. Earlier Wednesday morning, two people were killed by debris from an intercepted drone in Eastern Province, where the airport is situated. According to Saudi energy ministry statements, that drone had been targeting a processing facility operated by state oil company Aramco in the Shaybeh oil field. The ministry identified the morning casualties as residents of the Philippines and Nepal. An additional four drones were intercepted later that evening, according to the Saudi-led coalition supporting the Yemeni government.
Since the beginning of October, at least 21 people have been killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports. A particularly deadly strike on Riyadh’s international airport on 10 October claimed 13 lives and wounded 308 others, marking the deadliest attack in the kingdom in more than a decade. The Houthis have not yet publicly commented on the latest incidents, but have previously framed their operations as retaliation for Saudi air strikes on territories they control in western Yemen.
The escalation reflects broader regional tensions that intensified when an informal ceasefire began deteriorating in July. The Houthis announced a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia and launched sustained attacks on airports, oil infrastructure and Red Sea shipping. Fighting has also spread across multiple Yemeni provinces, with humanitarian tolls mounting significantly. Houthi-affiliated health ministry figures report 155 civilian deaths over the previous three months, while government health authorities cite at least 1,574 deaths during the same period, with over 256,000 people displaced according to UN estimates.
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