A blast ripped through parts of Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Saturday, wounding several people and forcing evacuations and flight suspensions, according to eyewitnesses and briefed officials cited by CBC News.
The oil-rich Gulf has borne the brunt of Iranian attacks responding to U.S.-Israeli strikes that sparked the wider Middle East war. Tehran has hit American assets but also civilian infrastructure — energy facilities and now airports.
Days earlier, three Saudi citizens, including an airline pilot, were killed in attacks on the same airport, the kingdom's civil aviation authority said.
Every Gulf escalation tightens the same fuel market squeezing Toronto pumps. With Brent crude above $100 and supertanker rates at records, each airport closure and burned fuel depot lands in the same equation driving up costs from Riyadh to Rexdale.
Sources: CBC News. Toronto context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
An explosion wounded several people Saturday, forcing evacuations and suspended flights, per eyewitnesses cited by CBC.
Iran has targeted Gulf civilian infrastructure, including airports and energy sites, amid the wider Middle East war.