One killed and eight injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport at Dammam

22 October 2026

One person was killed and eight injured in an attack on Saudi Arabia's King Fahd International Airport in the eastern city of Dammam, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a statement on October 21, 2026. All the wounded, with injuries ranging from minor to critical, were taken to hospitals. Earlier the same day two people were killed after Saudi air defences intercepted a drone that was attempting to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield, the Ministry of Energy said. The attack was the latest in a series on Saudi airports as the conflict between Houthi forces and the Saudi-backed internationally recognised Yemeni government intensifies: a projectile strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on October 11 killed one person and injured 11, and an attack on the same airport on October 10 claimed 12 lives and injured more than 300.