Dhaka condemns Houthi attacks on KSA

Bangladesh on Friday strongly condemned the recent Houthi attacks on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, including airports.

Such attacks violate international law and threaten innocent lives and regional stability, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bangladesh said it stands in full solidarity with the government and people of the Kingdom and called for an immediate end to these attacks.

An airline pilot was among three Saudi citizens killed in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia aircraft, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said on Friday. Several people “of different nationalities” were wounded, reports AP.

The attacks on Thursday were the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and allied forces in neighboring Yemen launched a major military offensive against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels last weekend.

They also marked a significant escalation on the latest front in the Iran war, which has kept oil prices and financial markets volatile. U.N. Special Envoy Hans Grundberg was scheduled to brief the Security Council on developments in Yemen later on Friday.

Hundreds of flights to and from Riyadh were canceled on Thursday, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.�"UNB