Houthi ballistic missile and drone attack on King Fahd International Airport, Eastern Province · 21 October 2026
GACA: Attack Targets King Fahd International Airport in Dammam; One Killed, Eight Injured
- Date
- 21 October 2026 · 10 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
- Place
- King Fahd International Airport, Eastern Province
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone, Projectile, Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- 2 killed · 8 injured
- Victims
- Saudi: 1 killed · 1 injured; Indian: 1 killed · 2 injured; Yemeni: 2 injured; Bangladeshi: 2 injured; Nepali: 1 injured
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- GACA: Attack Targets King Fahd International Airport in Dammam; One Killed, Eight Injured
“Riyadh, October 22, 2026, SPA -- The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced that King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was targeted by an attack on the evening of Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The…”
- General / General Authority of Civil Aviation: supplementary statement regarding the attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammamعام / الهيئة العامة للطيران المدني: بيان إلحاقي بشأن الاعتداء على مطار الملك فهد الدولي بالدمام (machine translation)
“Riyadh, 11 Jumada al-Awwal 1448 AH, corresponding to 22 October 2026 AD, SPA: In supplement to the statement issued by the General Authority of Civil Aviation regarding the brutal attack that targeted King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on the evening of Wednesday, 10 Jumada al-Awwal 1448 AH…”
- GACA Issues Follow-up Statement on the Attack Targeting King Fahd International Airport in Dammam
“Riyadh, October 22, 2026, SPA -- Further to the statement issued by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) regarding the attack that targeted King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on the evening of…”
- Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile fired by the terrorist Houthi militia toward Riyadhاعتراض وتدمير صاروخ باليستي أطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية باتجاه الرياض (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Major General Staff Turki al-Maliki stated that 4 drones were intercepted and destroyed... The General Authority of Civil Aviation announced that King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was subjected to an attack this evening…”
- Coalition says intercepted seven drones in Madinah, Eastern and southern regions
“- 7 drones launched toward Saudi Arabia and intercepted RIYADH: The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said on Wednesday it intercepted seven drones launched toward the Kingdom, including in the Madinah region…”
- Falling debris from intercepted drone targeting Shaybah oil field kills two: energy ministry
“- 7 drones launched toward Saudi Arabia and intercepted on Wednesday - Falling debris from one of the drones killed two and injured two others RIYADH: Falling debris from the successful interception of a drone targeting…”
- Coalition: Drones Launched Toward Saudi Arabia Intercepted, Destroyed
“Official Spokesperson for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki said on Wednesday that four drones launched toward Saudi Arabia were intercepted and destroyed. He added that a drone…”
- Saudi coalition intercepts 5 drones in Eastern, Madinah regions
“- Attacks were on King Fahd Airport in Dammam and Aramco’s Shaybah oil field RIYADH: Four people died after separate attacks on an airport and oil facility in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, authorities said. Falling…”
- Coalition intercepts 5 UAVs fired by Houthi militia
“RIYADH — Four UAVs fired by the terrorist Houthi militia toward Saudi Arabia were intercepted and destroyed, according to Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen. “A UAV…”
- Civil Aviation: a resident killed and 8 people injured in an attack on Dammam airportالطيران المدني: وفاة مقيم وإصابة 8 أشخاص في اعتداء على مطار الدمام (machine translation)
- Civil Aviation: a resident killed and 8 people injured in an attack on Dammam airportالطيران المدني: وفاة مقيم وإصابة 8 أشخاص في اعتداء على مطار الدمام (machine translation)
- Civil Aviation: a resident killed and 8 people injured in an attack on Dammam airportالطيران المدني: وفاة مقيم وإصابة 8 أشخاص في اعتداء على مطار الدمام (machine translation)
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