Egypt Condemns Abha Airport Attack Southern Saudi

Egypt condemned an attack on Abha civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, according to a statement issued by the foreign ministry.

“Egypt stresses its full support, as per government and people, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, government and people, of all procedures needed to preserve the kingdom’s stability and safety,” the statement read.

Yemen's Houthi militias launched an attack on Abha’s airport that killed one person and wounded seven others, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said.

Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV earlier said that the Iran-aligned movement had targeted Abha and Jizan airports in the south of the kingdom with drones attacks, Reuters reported.

Saudi state TV said flights had resumed at the airport, where operations are now running normally.

Earlier this month, a Houthi missile hit Abha airport in a strike that wounded 26 people.

The Iran-aligned Houthis have stepped up missile and drone attacks on Saudi cities in the past month amid rising tension between Iran and Gulf Arab states allied to the United States.

Riyadh has accused Iran of supplying the Houthis with the weapon used in the June 13 attack on Abha airport. Tehran and the Houthis deny coalition charges that the former supplies the latter with missiles and drones.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Britain and the United States, in a joint statement published by the Saudi Embassy in Washington on Sunday, voiced concern about the escalation in Houthi attacks - without any mention of the latest drone launches.

The quartet also voiced concern about "dangers posed by Iranian destabilising activity" to peace and security both in Yemen and the broader region, citing attacks on oil tankers in Gulf waters.

Tehran has denied involvement in the tanker attacks, which no one has claimed responsibility for.

The escalation in violence threatens a U.N.-sponsored deal for a ceasefire and troop withdrawal from Hodeidah, which became the focus of the war last year when the coalition tried to seize the port, the Houthis' main supply line and a lifeline for millions of Yemenis.