Trump Says US May Join Saudi Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen Following Riyadh Airport Attack

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may join Saudi Arabia in strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, following attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that killed three people and injured others. Trump told reporters a decision would be made quickly. The Houthis have claimed responsibility for multiple missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports in recent days. Yemen has been in conflict since 2014 when the Houthis seized Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led military coalition to intervene in 2015.

On Thursday, two separate attacks — one directed at facilities within King Khalid International Airport and another targeting a Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft — left three nationals dead and an unspecified number of people with injuries, according to an official statement issued the day after the incidents. Hostilities in Yemen took shape when Houthi forces seized Sanaa and asserted control across a number of provinces in September 2014, a turn of events that brought a Saudi-led Arab coalition into the fighting by March 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.

Trump Says US May Join Saudi Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen Following Riyadh Airport Attack

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