Saudi Arabia Hit Twice in One Day: Intercepted Drone Debris Kills Two at Shaybah Oilfield, King Fahd Airport Attack Kills One and Injures Eight
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia was struck by two deadly attacks on Wednesday, October 21. Saudi air defences intercepted a drone that was attempting to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield, the Energy Ministry said, Reuters reported. Falling debris following the interception killed two residents — one Filipino and one Nepali — and injured two others, one Pakistani and one Indian, the ministry said, citing an official source. The debris sparked a fire in a contractor's vehicle outside the facility's perimeter, and operations at the field were not affected, the ministry said.
The same day, the US State Department ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel and their family members from its missions in Saudi Arabia.
Later on Wednesday, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was targeted by an attack on Wednesday evening, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said in a statement posted on X, Reuters and ANI reported. The attack killed one resident and injured eight others, with injuries ranging from minor to critical; all the injured were transported to hospital to receive medical care, and the attack also caused property damage, the extent of which is being assessed, GACA said, adding that further updates would be provided. The authority's statement did not specify the nature of the attack.
The Associated Press reported that renewed fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces has broken a four-year truce, and that last month debris from an intercepted Houthi drone killed a Yemeni resident of Saudi Arabia — the first civilian casualty since the Houthis increased their attacks against the kingdom. Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport was struck multiple times by the Houthis this month and shut down on October 10, the AP said.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: Wikimedia Commons · Shaikhad · CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2026-10-06Yemen Escalates: Saudi-Backed Forces Push Houthis Near Bab el-Mandeb
- 2026-10-10Missile Hits Riyadh Airport Terminal, Many Wounded; Trump Says U.S. May Join Strikes on Houthis
- 2026-10-10Houthi Missile Attack on Riyadh Airport Kills at Least 12, Wounds 50; Airport Shut Down
- 2026-10-11Riyadh Airport Attack Follow-Up: Toll at 12 Dead, 309 Wounded Including One American; Trump Weighs US Joining Strikes on Houthis
- 2026-10-12Saudi-Led Coalition Bombs Sanaa Airport in Retaliation; Houthis Claim 124 Airstrikes Over Weekend as Yemen War Reignites
- 2026-10-12Follow-Up: Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Houthi Ballistic Missiles on Monday; Riyadh Airport Closure Extended to at Least Oct. 17
- 2026-10-15Follow-Up: Houthi Missiles Hit Aden Presidential Palace During Cabinet Meeting, Killing 5 and Wounding 16
- 2026-10-16Follow-Up: Two Missiles Land at Aden Airport With No Casualties Reported; Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Intercepted a Missile Headed for Yanbu
- 2026-10-17Saudi AH-6i Helicopter Crashes in Najran, Killing Two Crew; Coalition Cites Technical Malfunction, Houthis Claim Shoot-Down
- 2026-10-18Saudi Arabia Says It Intercepted a New Wave of Houthi Missiles and Drones
- 2026-10-18GCC Condemns Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia, Invokes Joint Defense Agreement at Manama Ministerial Council
- 2026-10-19Houthi Projectile Injures Six in Saudi Arabia's Najran, Damaging Three Houses and Three Vehicles
- 2026-10-20Follow-Up: UK to Fly Typhoon Jets in Saudi Air Defence; Houthis Claim 93 Saudi Airstrikes on Yemen in 24 Hours
- 2026-10-21More Than 250,000 People Have Fled Renewed Fighting in Yemen as Taiz Faces Blocked Aid and a Health Emergency, the UN Says
- 2026-10-21Saudi Arabia Hit Twice in One Day: Intercepted Drone Debris Kills Two at Shaybah Oilfield, King Fahd Airport Attack Kills One and Injures EightThis story
- 2026-10-22Follow-Up: Gulf Markets Fall as Fresh Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Raise Regional Risk, Saudi Benchmark Down 1.2%
- 2026-10-29Follow-Up: UN: Fighting in Yemen's Taiz Has Displaced More Than 82,000 People This Month, Prices Up at Least 50% in the City
- 2026-10-30Yemen: WHO Medical Kits Reach Hospitals in Besieged Taiz City
