US, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand amongst international locations urging residents to keep away from journey to Kingdom.
Printed On 12 Oct 2026
A number of international locations have warned their residents in opposition to journey to Saudi Arabia following a sequence of Houthi assaults on airports within the kingdom.
On Monday, Australia and New Zealand turned the newest to subject advisories in opposition to travelling to the dominion, following comparable warnings from the USA, Canada, the UK, South Korea, and Japan.
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Australia’s Division of Overseas Affairs and Commerce mentioned Australians ought to keep away from King Khalid Worldwide Airport in Riyadh and “rethink” journey to different Saudi airports.
New Zealand’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs and Commerce urged residents to not journey to the Saudi capital’s fundamental gateway and the provinces of Najran, Jazan and Asir for any motive, and to keep away from “non-essential” journey to Saudi Arabia as an entire.
The US embassy in Riyadh on Sunday suggested US residents to rethink journey to the dominion, citing the specter of assaults by Iran and the Iranian-backed Houthis.
International Affairs Canada issued an advisory in opposition to non-essential journey to any a part of Saudi Arabia.
South Korea’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs really useful that its residents in Saudi Arabia depart except they’re on important enterprise and suggested anybody planning to journey to the dominion to cancel their journey.
The UK’s Overseas, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace urged residents to keep away from journey to Jeddah and Dammam, and to all airports other than Medina Worldwide Airport, aside from important causes.
The warnings come as Saudi Arabia reels from 5 assaults on its airports in lower than per week.
One individual was killed and 11 others have been injured on Sunday when a projectile struck King Khalid Worldwide Airport, in keeping with Saudi Arabia’s Common Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).
A Houthi strike on the identical airport on Saturday killed 13 individuals and injured greater than 300 others, marking the deadliest assault on Saudi Arabia in additional than a decade.
The Houthis claimed accountability for all 4 strikes on Saudi airports earlier than Sunday’s assault, which has but to be claimed by any group.
King Khalid worldwide airport and King Fahd worldwide airport in Dammam stay closed following the assaults, inflicting vital disruption to aviation throughout the Center East.
The assaults have additionally disrupted flights to and from King Abdulaziz Worldwide Airport in Jeddah.
Greater than 150 flights have been cancelled and 374 flights have been delayed on the Jeddah airport on Sunday, in keeping with the flight monitoring web site Flightradar24.
Brendan Sobie, an impartial analyst and marketing consultant in Singapore, mentioned it was too early to foretell the ramifications of the assaults for aviation throughout the area and past.
“As has been the case with the Iran battle and the affect from that disaster on the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain, the affect of this newest disaster actually is dependent upon how lengthy it lasts, how lengthy Riyadh airport stays closed, and the way lengthy and to what extent are the restrictions as soon as it reopens,” Sobie informed Al Jazeera.