UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the recent attack by Yemen’s Houthi group on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
In a statement issued on Sunday, 11 October, Mr Guterres expressed deep shock at the incident and stated that the Houthis’ Saturday attack on the capital of Saudi Arabia had caused heavy casualties; according to assessments, the incident left 12 people dead and hundreds of civilians injured.
The UN Secretary-General also recalled that targeting civilians and civilian facilities clearly contravenes international norms and called for such attacks to stop immediately.
Following the incident, numerous Arab countries strongly condemned the Houthi action, expressing solidarity with Saudi Arabia.
