Yemen rebel attack on Saudi airport kills 1, wounds 7: coalition 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseA Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia killed a Syrian national and wounded seven civilians Sunday, a Riyadh-led coalition said, the latest in a series of strikes on the site. “A terrorist attack by the Iranian-backed Huthi militia took place at Abha international airport, through which thousands of civilian passengers… pass daily,” the military coalition said. “A Syrian national died and seven civilians were wounded,” it added, in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. On June 12, a rebel missile attack on the international airport in the southwestern city of Abha wounded 26 civilians, drawing promises of “stern action” from the coalition.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 23, 2019 20:15 UTC