Saudi Arabia was rocked after a twin drone attack on a civilian airport in the city of Jeddah which left 10 people injured.
The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the attacks on Friday evening targeted the King Abdullah Airport.
The attack was blamed on Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels, official media said Saturday.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting alongside the Yemeni government, quoted by the Saudi news agency SPA, said travellers and airport employees were among those injured in Friday’s attack, updating an earlier toll of five.
The “Iran-backed Huthi militia” was behind the attack “using a bomb-laden drone, which resulted in (10) injuries among civilian travellers and airport staff”, coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki was quoted as saying.
Six Saudis, three Bangladeshi nationals and one Sudanese were among those who were injured in the first attack, according to the Reuters news agency.
The Shiite Huthis have been stepping up attacks on Saudi Arabia, which has escalated air strikes on rebel forces closing in on Marib, the last government-held stronghold in northern Yemen.
The latest attack comes after four workers were wounded on Wednesday when the coalition intercepted an explosives-laden drone targeting the kingdom’s Abha airport, state media said.
On August 31, a drone hit the same airport, wounding eight people and damaging a civilian aircraft.
