Flights to and from Riyadh were severely disrupted on Thursday after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed they had targeted the Saudi capital’s main airport, King Khalid International Airport.The airport issued a travel alert on Thursday urging passengers to contact their airlines and confirm their flight status before heading to the airport.What happened: Flightradar24, a website that tracks global air traffic, showed hundreds of cancellations and delays at the airport on Thursday.As of 10:10 a.m. EST, 324 flights — 41% of all scheduled flights — had been canceled at King Khalid International Airport on Thursday, while around 24%, or 188 flights, had been delayed, according to Flightradar24.
Riyadh airport issues travel alert as Houthis claim fresh attack
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