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Fuel depot fire near Riyadh airport after Houthis target Saudi capital

Mountain Time
Local time
5:27 AM in Riyadh, Sep 19
Where
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia issued two rounds of air raid alerts for Riyadh overnight, the first since July, and the coalition said a Houthi ballistic missile fired at the capital was intercepted at dawn. Hours later a large fire sent smoke over Aramco-branded fuel tanks beside King Khalid International Airport, disrupting flights; the Houthis claimed attacks on 'sensitive' sites in Riyadh and an Aramco facility in Yanbu.

Why it matters

It was the first reported Houthi strike on the Saudi capital in this round, widening the war to the kingdom's political and aviation hub.

Sources (9)

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Correction

  • Corrected the time from 6:00 PM Riyadh time, Sep 19, 2026 to 5:27 AM Riyadh time, Sep 19, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "Houthi drone strike ignites Aramco fuel depot fire at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport"); revised the summary; revised the context note; reclassified it from strike to missile-drone-attack; updated the sourcing note; merged a duplicate entry into this one ("Riyadh issues first air raid alert since July as smoke reported near King Khalid airport"); added 6 sources: Al Jazeera live blog. Why and evidence