Three explosions were heard in Riyadh early on the 25th, the day King Khalid International Airport resumed operations after a two-week shutdown. Agence France-Presse reported that a safety alert warning of a "hostile air threat" was issued to residents. The Saudi military said it intercepted one ballistic missile and two drones launched toward the Saudi capital by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
King Khalid International Airport reopened on the 25th, two weeks after it was closed by a Houthi attack. The airport said on X, formerly Twitter, a day earlier that from the 25th, Terminal 1 would handle domestic flights and Terminal 2 would be dedicated to international flights operated by national carriers. Whether Saudi air traffic will return to normal remains unclear. About 60% of passenger flights scheduled to arrive at or depart from King Khalid on the morning of the 25th were canceled, according to flight-tracking site Flightradar.
A large-scale Houthi attack targeting King Khalid International Airport on the 10th killed at least 13 people, including travelers, and injured more than 300, forcing the airport to close temporarily.
U.S. intelligence agencies have obtained information indicating that Iran has significantly stepped up operations targeting American diplomats and officials in the Middle East and elsewhere. U.S. officials are reducing staff at several American embassies in the region as a result.