Trump: We may participate in strikes on the Houthis and discuss the matter

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that his administration is considering participating in strikes on the Houthis, hours after he expressed his dissatisfaction with the Houthi attacks on civilian objects in Saudi Arabia.

He said in statements to reporters before leaving for Clarksville, Tennessee, to participate in an election rally: “We may do that. We will study the matter. We have just learned of the recent attack, so we will make a decision. We are moving very quickly.”

This came as the General Authority of Civil Aviation announced that King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was attacked this afternoon, Saturday, in light of the continuation of “blatant attacks targeting civil aviation facilities in the Kingdom, and the attack resulted in a number of injuries that are being identified.”

The authority explained that operational operations at the airport have been temporarily suspended, until the damage assessment is completed and the safety of the facilities is verified, in coordination with the competent authorities, and developments will be announced later.

For weeks, Houthi attempts to carry out attacks on areas inside Saudi Arabia have escalated, while air defenses have responded to them, with the continued confrontations in Yemen between the Yemeni armed forces and the Houthi militias.