Von der Leyen: The Houthi attack on Riyadh Airport is a "dangerous escalation"

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen considered, on Sunday, the Houthi attack on Riyadh International Airport a "dangerous escalation," stressing that the Iran-backed Houthis must stop their strikes on civilian targets.

Von der Leyen said: “These attacks by Iranian proxies are pushing the region into a spiral of violence. They are destabilizing essential transportation and energy lines, sending shockwaves across the world. These bloody attacks on civilians must stop immediately,” expressing “her solidarity with Saudi Arabia.”

The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority announced that the “brutal attack” that targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, on Saturday afternoon, caused the death of (12) people, including citizens and residents, and the injury of 309 others, according to the authority’s statement.

Following the renewed "brutal Houthi attacks" against civilian facilities, specifically King Khalid International Airport, the official spokesman for the coalition forces, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, confirmed that "the cowardly terrorist attack carried out by the Houthi militia on Saturday, on one of the passenger lounges at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and the resulting deaths and injuries among civilian passengers and airport workers amounts to a full-fledged war crime, according to international humanitarian law and its customary rules."

Al-Maliki considered the cowardly terrorist attack on King Khalid International Airport “a heinous act that contradicts principles, values ​​and morals,” stressing that the leadership of the joint forces of the coalition will respond to this terrorist attack firmly and in accordance with international humanitarian law and its customary rules.