Britain08 October, 20262 min read
UK Foreign Office Warns British Nationals To Avoid Saudi Oil Infrastructure And Military Facilities
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UK Foreign Office warns nationals to avoid areas around Saudi oil facilities and military sites. Houthis have targeted Saudi airports and oil facilities, prompting the warning to workers.
UK travel advice
The UK Foreign Office advised British nationals to stay away from areas surrounding oil infrastructure and military facilities in Saudi Arabia. The UK Foreign Office warning appeared alongside the claim that Sayyed Houthi said, "Crimes of Saudi Regime Will Not Break Will of Yemeni People".
“We recommend checking your flight departure status directly with the airline and with the airport.”
Condé Nast Traveller Middle East said three people were killed in a wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia that targeted airports in Riyadh and Abha, with the kingdom's General Authority of Civil Aviation confirming the attacks. Condé Nast Traveller Middle East said the US embassy in Riyadh warned that the attacks could lead to further flight cancellations and told people to check "directly with the airline and with the airport."
Airports, casualties, disruption
Three people were killed in a wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia that targeted airports in Riyadh and Abha, with the kingdom's General Authority of Civil Aviation confirming the attacks. The US embassy in Riyadh warned that the attacks could lead to further flight cancellations and told people to check "directly with the airline and with the airport." The attacks took place on Tuesday and Wednesday and left three dead and 36 injured, with drones striking King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Abha International Airport hit with drones and ballistic missiles.
Flights were suspended for more than an hour after the attack on King Khalid International Airport on Wednesday morning, and it said the airport's website was currently offline. Yahiya Sari claimed the group targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile and said it hit its target accurately and disrupted air traffic.
Warnings to oil workers
Yahiya Sari urged workers at Saudi oil facilities to stay away from sites the group considers military targets, warning that their lives would be at risk. The coalition's spokesman, Lieutenant General Turki al-Maliki, said the coalition intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis toward Riyadh and destroyed another ballistic missile aimed at Khamis Mushait. Yahya S array, the military spokesman for Yemen's Houthi group, urged workers at Saudi oil facilities to avoid locations the group considers targets and renewed his warning to launch attacks targeting airports and airlines.
"The armed forces warn all employees" from experts, engineers, and workers at all Saudi oil facilities to stay away from places that represent targets. Al-Manar TV Lebanon framed the UK Foreign Office warning as part of a broader regional news flow that included the line "UK Foreign Office: British nationals should stay away from areas surrounding oil infrastructure and military facilities in Saudi Arabia".