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Saudi TV: Drone attack on airport wounds 8, damages plane

Published: 31 Aug 2021 - 12:00 pm | Last Updated: 27 Oct 2021 - 10:48 pm

AP

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A bomb-laden drone on Tuesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, wounding eight people and damaging a civilian plane, state television reported, the latest assault on the kingdom amid its grinding war in Yemen.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the second such strike on Abha airport in the last 24 hours. The earlier attack caused no casualties.