Tensions in the Middle East escalated sharply as Iran-backed Houthi militants launched a major attack on Saudi Arabia’s capital, striking a key airport and inflicting heavy casualties. The assault marked the deadliest strike on the kingdom in more than a decade, raising fears of further destabilization in a region already strained by prolonged US-Iran hostilities. Saudi Arabia has since taken retaliatory measures, though the broader implications for the conflict remain uncertain. The incident underscores the widening ripple effects of the US-Iran standoff across the Gulf.
As the US-Iran war drags on, the damage is being felt regionally: Saudi Arabia experienced the worst attack in over a decade earlier this month, when Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia struck an airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The strike killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300 others. Saudi Arabia responded with […]
