An unidentified projectile struck Saudi Arabia’s main international airport Sunday, a Saudi-led coalition said, a day after a deadly missile attack at the same site raised questions about whether the United States would join another conflict in the region.
\n\nThe coalition said the projectile struck Terminal 4 at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, causing a fire that authorities were working to control. It also reported intercepting and destroying a cruise missile near the airport.
\n\nSaturday’s strike killed at least 12 people and injured 309, according to Saudi civil aviation authorities. The victims included one American as well as four citizens of Saudi Arabia, two Bangladeshi nationals, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Palestinian, a Syrian and one Sudanese.
\n\nSome of the wounded were in critical condition, authorities said, while airport operations remained suspended Sunday.
\n\nPresident Donald Trump said afterward that the U.S. was considering joining Saudi military operations against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
\n\n“We may. We’re gonna look at it,” Trump told reporters. “We just found out about the recent attack. So we’ll make a decision. We move very quickly.”
\n\nSaturday’s strike drew widespread condemnation and intensified pressure on the kingdom and its allies to respond to the Houthi rebels.
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