Riyadh airport stays closed Monday as new video shows deadly Houthi strike

Saudi Arabia on Monday released chilling security camera footage of the Houthi missile strike that turned Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport into a scene of carnage on Saturday, as the kingdom kept the airport closed for a second day with no reopening date announced.

The footage, released by the Saudi Media Ministry and obtained by Al Arabiya, shows dozens of passengers waiting calmly in a departure lounge when a sudden blast hits and part of the ceiling collapses. Travelers run with hands over their heads as dust and debris fill the hall and a small fire burns.

Saturday's toll stands at 13 dead and 309 wounded, Saudi authorities said as of Sunday, making it the deadliest attack on Saudi soil in more than a decade. The dead include four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, an American, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian, a Palestinian and a Sudanese national. An Indian citizen wounded in the blast later died of his injuries, the Indian Embassy in Riyadh confirmed. Two doctors told reporters that several pilgrims bound for Mecca were among the wounded.

The violence did not stop there. On Sunday a projectile struck Terminal 4, starting a fire in a passenger hall, killing a Pakistani resident and wounding 11 others. The Houthis also claimed a strike on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on Sunday evening, which Saudi aviation authorities confirmed and said they were assessing.

The airport has now been struck four times in five days. An attack on Thursday destroyed a passenger jet on the tarmac, killing a pilot and two other people; another earlier in the week killed one person. Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said the airport would stay closed Monday, with several hundred flights cancelled, to complete safety checks. Schools in Riyadh are holding classes remotely through Thursday.

The Houthis have warned airlines, airport workers and travelers to stay away from Saudi airports and airspace, exempting only Mecca and Medina. The United States, Britain, Spain and Canada have warned their citizens against using the airport, and Britain advised against all but essential travel to Jeddah, Dammam and every Saudi airport except Medina.

The strikes are the Houthis' answer to an intensified Saudi air campaign in Yemen, which the rebels say has killed women and children. Gulf neighbors condemned the attacks, with a senior Emirati adviser calling for revived joint defense action among Gulf states. President Trump has said the United States may join Saudi strikes on the Houthis, a decision the White House has not yet made.