Parked Saudia Jet Heavily Damaged by Fire at Riyadh Airport Amid Houthi Strike Claim

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed a ballistic-missile strike on Riyadh's King Khalid Airport Thursday. Three people briefed on the matter told Reuters shrapnel from an interception or another projectile set a parked Saudia jet ablaze, heavily damaging it; no passengers were believed aboard. Saudi Arabia did not immediately comment, and Houthis gave no evidence. Carriers face a harder risk calculus.