Wetin dey cause kasala for Saudi Arabia airport wey don kpai 12 pipo

Yemen Houthis don warn aviation firms and passengers make dem no use Saudi airports and airspace.

Dis warning dey come afta 12 pipo die for one attack for di international airport for Riyadh

More dan 300 pipo wound for di attack wey happun on Saturday for di King Khalid International Airport for Saudi Arabia - footage wey dem don verify capture wetin happun afta di strike.

Di Saudi civil aviation authority confam say di pipo wey kpai include four Saudi nationals, two pipo from Bangladesh and one pesin each from di US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt.

Di authority add say some of di pipo wey wound dey "in critical condition".

Di attack on Saturday for di King Khalid International Airport for Riyadh na di latest for di attacks on Saudi Arabia wey dey happun recently.

On 8 October, dem bin attack di same airport wey kill three Saudi Arabian nationals, na wetin di civil aviation authority tok.

Dem first attack di airport on Thursday while di second one strike for aircraft wey belong to state carrier Saudia. Yemen Houthi group say na dem attack di airport wit cruise missiles.

Attacks bin also happun for two oda Saudi airports on di 6 and 7 October.

Two pipo kpai and 28 wound for di attack for Abha International Airport, di civil aviation body tok Wednesday.

Anoda pesin also kpai for di King Khalid airport for Riyadh. Authorities neva confam di particular attack wey happun on which day.

One Saudi-led military coalition later vow respond to di attack, wey dem call "war crime" and blame am on di Yemen Houthis.

Di attack na di deadliest for di kingdom since May 2015.

BBC Correspondent write say dem fit repair di physical damage for di airport sharp-sharp, but Saudi Arabia reputation wey pipo sabi say dey safe sake of stability doey take anoda turn.

Di Houthi statement on Sunday no make reference to di attack wey happun on Saturday - but di Iran-backed group say na dem dey behind di separate strikes on di same airport on Thursday

Sake of dis attacks for di Saudi capital, hospitals dey overwhelmed wit casualties.

Smoke dey go up from di airport terminal and inside dia plenti tins damage.

Dis na di deadliest single attack on any Gulf Arab kontri since di war between Israel, di United states and Iran bin start for February.

Di civil war for Yemen between di Houthis and di Saudi backed internationally recognised govment don dey go on for more dan 10 years.

But in recent weeks Di Houthis wey Iran dey support bin step up attacks against Saudi Arabia.

'Na dangerous escalation' - World leaders react to attacks for Saudi airport

More leaders for di world don dey react across Europe.

US President Donald Trump says di US fit involve demsef for di offensive strikes.

UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting suggest say di UK fit "potentially" provide more support for Saudi Arabia.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen say di attack "marks dangerous escalation".

In post on X, she add say: "We stand in solidarity wit Saudi Arabia and di pipo."

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband say im dey "vex" by di attack, im add say "we stand in solidarity wit di pipo wey dey affected".

Im advise British nationals to avoid di airport and follow di govment travel advice, external and dat of Saudi authorities.

Secretary General of di United Nations António Guterres say im dey "deeply shocked" for di attacks, wey im calls "violation of international law".

Di Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif condemns di "heinous attack" and e call am "serious threat to regional peace and stability".

Egypt say dem "stand firmly" wit Saudi Arabia, as dem expressing "strong condemnation" for di "continued attacks for di territory".

Qatar call di attack " grave violation of Saudi Arabia sovereignty and direct threat to regional security" and di "safety of civilians".

Dem add say "di security of Saudi Arabia na important part of Qatar security", and "collective" security system of di Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - one regional alliance of six Arab nations.

Who be di Houthis?

Di Houthis na one Iran-backed armed political and Shia Muslim religious group from northern Yemen.

Dem align demsefs wit di Iran-led "axis of resistance" against Israel, di US and di wider West - along wit groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.

Dem bin emerge for di 1990s, and na Abdul Malik al-Houthi dey lead dem. Dem want to topple di internationally-backed govment of Yemen.

Di group dey controls somewia between one quarter and one third of Yemen territory and 70-80% of di population.

Why dem dey fight Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia na rival of Iran. Dem dey fear say di Houthis fit take ova Yemen and make am Iran satellite state.

So, for 2015 dem form one coalition of Arab kontris - wey di US bin dey support - that intervened on behalf of Yemen internationally-recognised govment.

Over years, Saudi Arabia don launch air strikes and di Houthis bin send drones and missiles, but di Saudis neva fit remove di Houthis from most of di territory wey dem bin seized. Fighting don lead to major humanitarian crisis for Yemen.

Why di fighting dey worse?

One informal ceasefire bin happun between di Saudi-led coalition (wey back di internationally recognised Yemeni govment) and di Houthi movement since March 2022.

Tins kon spoil since den. Afta 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas, di Houthis start to dey fire drones and missiles for Israel. Di group bin tok say dem dey support Palestinians.

For July, di Houthis bin announce "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia, wey renew missile and drone attacks for dia ports and oil sites.

Dem say dem bin dey retaliate wetin Houthis say na years-long Saudi blockade, and for one air strike for Sanaa airport.

Di attacks kon serious in recent weeks, afta di rebel group bin seize large stretches of di Red Sea coast for one surprise September attack. Saudi Arabia bin launch air strikes to repond to dem.