Wire reporting: (AP, via Local 10), (AFP, via Dawn)

Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh said it would handle some domestic and international flights on Sunday, more than two weeks after Houthi strikes closed the main hub^2,3,6.

The airport said Terminal 1 would be used for domestic flights and Terminal 2 for international flights by national carriers, starting Oct. 25^3,6. AP copy carried by U.S. stations said the facility had reopened for international flights after limited domestic service last week^2,3,4.

The announcement came as Yemen’s Houthi movement, which Saudi officials and several outlets describe as Iran-backed, continued to fire missiles and drones toward Saudi territory^2,5,6. Saudi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki said air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile and a drone fired toward Riyadh early Sunday, according to AP copy^2,3.

The same AP report said al-Malki also reported 10 ballistic missiles intercepted toward the south³. Dawn, carrying AFP, said alerts sounded across southern Saudi Arabia and that the Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting at least 10 ballistic missiles, plus later reports of a cruise missile toward Khamis Mushait and two drones near the capital⁵. Al-Monitor said the coalition reported shooting down two drones in the Riyadh area⁶.

Accounts of an earlier October strike on airport terminals differ. AP copy said Houthi strikes hit a complex housing two other terminals, killing 17 people and wounding more than 330^2,3,4. Dawn and Al-Monitor put that attack at 13 killed and more than 300 wounded and called it the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade^5,6.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the airport remained “unsafe” and a “military target,” according to Al-Monitor and Dawn^5,6. Al-Monitor reported he added that Saudi authorities would “bear the consequences of any operations at the airport”⁶.

Dawn, citing AFP, said a resident in Khamis Mushait described heavy bombardment on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity⁵. It also said the Houthis claimed strikes in a 24-hour span on Saudi airports, energy sites, a pipeline and an air base, and that they fired toward Aden in Yemen⁵.

Al-Monitor said fighting intensified after a years-long truce between the Houthis and Yemen’s government broke down in the summer⁶. How fully the Riyadh airport is operating remained unclear, Dawn reported⁵. The New York Times published a report on the reopening; its full text was not available for this filing¹.