Four people were killed in two Houthi attacks yesterday in Saudi Arabia. The civil aviation authority in Riyadh announced the deaths of a citizen and a resident in an attack on Dammam International Airport in the eastern part of the kingdom, while it was updated today (Thursday) that two more people were killed in drone strikes.
#السعودية: مقتل شخصين وإصابة 8 آخرين في هجوم على #مطار_الدمام الدولي https://t.co/I4QpEfRKHg
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The number of wounded remained at eight, with injuries ranging from light to serious. Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation confirmed it continues to assess the damage and is taking all necessary steps to ensure passenger and crew safety and to maintain the security and integrity of the kingdom’s civil aviation system. The authority added that operations at the airport have resumed and flight traffic has returned to normal. The authority did not provide additional details about the nature of the damage or how the attack occurred.
These attacks came after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi submitted a compromise proposal to both sides to end the fighting. Despite offering mediation, Araghchi is not a neutral party between the sides, and Iran is essentially trying to have its cake and eat it too. It has no interest in the Houthis stopping their attacks and threats against Saudi Arabia, but on the other hand doesn’t want to be seen as someone who could stop the conflict—and ask the terror organization to cease.
#السعوديه تحت رحمه الحوثين #مطار_الدمام
وجميع المطارات هيه هدف للحوثين من الان
#الدفاع_الجوي #السعوديه #ايران https://t.co/D1WexEdoDQ— أحمد النجفي(العراق في دمي) (@ahmedairqe) October 12, 2026
There’s also an absurd side to the story, as Iran is offering mediation while it itself is unwilling to accept such mediation. It was reported that in the last 24 hours, Qatar and Pakistan offered the Iranians a return to the negotiating table in exchange for billions of dollars that Qatar would release to Tehran, but senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei emphasized that a return to talks would only happen after the U.S. restores trust in it, and that “not a single particle of enriched nuclear material will leave Iran.”