An Indian national was among two people reported killed in an attack on Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, as the kingdom faces a widening wave of strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure.
BY PC Bureau
October 22: A fresh attack on a major Saudi airport has added to a growing wave of assaults on the kingdom’s civilian aviation and energy infrastructure, with an Indian national among two people reported killed at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam.
The Indian Embassy in Riyadh said on Thursday that Saudi authorities had confirmed the deaths of two people, including an Indian, in Wednesday night’s attack. Two other Indian nationals were injured. The embassy said it was seeking further details, contacting the affected families and coordinating assistance.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation separately reported that one person had been killed and eight injured. It said the airport had sustained material damage. The injured included Saudi citizens and foreign residents, with injuries ranging from minor to critical. The discrepancy between the initial Saudi account and the Indian Embassy’s update was not immediately explained.
The Dammam incident comes amid a sharp escalation in attacks on Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for several recent strikes on airports, including repeated attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The assaults have killed civilians, wounded hundreds and severely disrupted air travel.
BREAKING: A deadly attack has struck Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, killing one resident and injuring eight others, Saudi civil aviation authorities say. Damage is being assessed as the Kingdom faces another security incident targeting critical infrastructure.
#SaudiArabia #Dammam #BreakingNews #KingFahdAirport— Sajjad Tarakzai (@SajjadTarakzai) October 22, 2026
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The Riyadh airport attack on October 10 killed at least 13 people after an injured Indian national died the following day, according to reports from Saudi authorities and the Indian Embassy. More than 300 people were wounded. A further attack on the airport on October 11 killed a Pakistani national and injured 11 others, prompting continued restrictions on operations. Limited domestic flights resumed on Wednesday, October 21.
Saudi Arabia’s energy infrastructure was also hit on Wednesday. Debris from a drone intercepted by Saudi air defences fell near a facility at the Shaybah oilfield operated by state-owned Saudi Aramco, killing two foreign nationals — one Filipino and one Nepali — and injuring two others, including an Indian and a Pakistani. The debris sparked a fire in a contractor’s vehicle outside the facility’s perimeter. The Energy Ministry said the incident did not affect operations at the oilfield.
The latest attacks have heightened concerns over the safety of civilian infrastructure and the wider regional fallout. The United States on Wednesday ordered non-emergency government personnel and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia, citing escalating Houthi hostilities and the risk of further attacks on airports and other critical facilities.
The Houthis have not publicly claimed responsibility for the Dammam airport attack, and Saudi authorities have not identified those behind it. The incident nevertheless comes against the backdrop of an expanding confrontation between the group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
Saudi Arabia has been involved in Yemen’s conflict since 2015, leading a military coalition against the Houthis. A UN-brokered truce that largely held from 2022 has since collapsed, and renewed fighting has opened another dangerous front, with airports, oil installations and other strategic infrastructure increasingly exposed to attack
