1 min readUpdated: Oct 11, 2026 10:37 AM ISTThis image from video obtained and verified by AP shows thick black smoke and flames rising from a fire at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo: AP)The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has strongly condemned repeated attacks on Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, including an attack on October 10 that caused deaths, injuries and property damage. India expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia and called for an immediate end to attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure.“The repeated attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are completely unacceptable and must cease immediately,” the MEA said in a statement.“We stand in solidarity with the people and the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in defence of their sovereignty, and hope that peace and normalcy returns to the region at the earliest,” it added.© The Indian Express Pvt LtdShubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 27 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting and writing explainers and analysis on foreign affairs for about 19 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He won the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award, 2023, for the second time for his reporting of the Oct 7 attacks on Israel and the war in Gaza. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More Tags:houthiSaudi ArabiaAdvertisementLoading Recommendations...AdvertisementLive BlogDelhi CJP Protest News Live Updates: CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ranka and Saurav Das released from detention8 minutes agoWorld News Today Live Updates| ‘Terrible thing’: Trump on Riyadh airport attack, says US may join Saudi strikes against Yemen’s Houthis20 minutes agoIndia news Live Updates, 11 October 2026: Ganga erosion swallows temple and houses in Bihar33 minutes agoIndia News Highlights, 10 October 2026: Congress to challenge MP High Court verdict scrapping 27% OBC quota in SC14 hours agoIndia News Highlights, 9 October 2026: Opposition MPs reach Vijay Chowk, raise slogans against CEC Gyanesh Kumar2 days agoAdvertisement