World condemns deadly Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport

Trump condemns ‘terrible’ onslaught and says the US is evaluating whether to articulation Saudi Arabia’s attacks connected the Houthis.

Saudi Arabia has accused Yemen’s Houthis of killing astatine slightest 12 radical and wounding 300 others successful a 3rd onslaught connected the Riyadh International Airport this week.

The victims connected Saturday included 4 Saudis, 2 radical from ⁠Bangladesh and 1 idiosyncratic each from the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civilian aviation authorization said.

The onslaught was the deadliest successful the kingdom successful much than a decade.

It came arsenic the warfare successful Yemen intensifies, with the Houthis battling forces aligned with the internationally recognised authorities for power of the country. Saudi Arabia is waging an aerial run against the Houthis to enactment the crushed warfare by the Yemeni authorities against the Iran-backed group.

Here’s a circular of the planetary reaction:

United States

US President Donald Trump described the onslaught arsenic “terrible” and said helium “will beryllium speaking” with Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, soon. He besides said helium was evaluating whether the US should articulation the warfare against the Houthis.

“We may. We’re gonna look astatine it. We conscionable recovered retired astir the caller attack, truthful we’ll marque a decision. We’ll determination precise quickly,” helium said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meanwhile, said the Houthi onslaught killed an American and called for an extremity to “these reprehensible attacks”.

“We basal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its radical and widen our condolences to the victims and their families,” helium wrote connected X.

United Nations

Hans Grundberg, the UN peculiar envoy for Yemen, said the deadly strikes on civilian airports successful Saudi Arabia correspond “a sedate escalation”.

“Such actions airs a superior menace to determination security, perpetuate cycles of unit and complicate adjacent much bid efforts for Yemen,” helium said successful a statement.

Egypt

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “strong condemnation” of the Houthi attacks, denouncing their “flagrant violation” of planetary law, and the “disregard” for the information of citizens that they entail.

Qatar

Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Houthi attacks, describing them arsenic a “serious usurpation of Saudi sovereignty and a nonstop menace to the information of the region, the information of civilians, civilian facilities and aerial navigation”.

It expressed its afloat solidarity with Saudi Arabia and said Doha supported “all morganatic measures” the kingdom “takes to sphere its sovereignty, information and information of its territories”.

Palestine

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared “its afloat solidarity with the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” and said it supported “all measures taken by the Kingdom to safeguard its security, sovereignty, and the information of its citizens and residents”.

Japan

Japan’s embassy successful Saudi Arabia powerfully condemned the repeated attacks by the Houthis, saying assaults connected civilians “cannot beryllium tolerated” nether immoderate circumstances.