Drone / missile attack
Airport / Air Base
King Fahd airport, Dammam — Houthi drone targeting claim
29 October 2026 · claim publication; exact attack time unverified
Dammam, Saudi Arabia (airport reference)
Map
26.4300, 50.1000
What happened
Al Jazeera reports that Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree’s 29 October statement claimed a drone attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, one of six claimed targets. Al Jazeera notes there was no independent corroboration of the claims. No impact, damage, casualties or flight disruption at the airport is established. The marker is an airport reference. This is distinct from the fatal 21 October attack on the same airport.
When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.
- Evidence
- Reported / attributed
- Confidence
- Moderate
- Infrastructure
- Airport / Air Base
- Weather context
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- Latitude
- 26.4300°
- Longitude
- 50.1000°
Attribution
Claimed by Yemen’s Houthis🇾🇪
Yahya Saree statement relayed by news reporting; successful impact not independently verified.