Houthis claim they have ‘closed’ Riyadh airport after strike

The Houthis' claim to have "closed" Riyadh's main airport is a political signal as much as an operational one: the group is asserting reach against Saudi Arabia's most sensitive civilian infrastructure. The immediate question is whether airlines and authorities treat the airport as functionally disrupted or as a temporary incident, since that distinction shapes regional aviation and insurance risk. The open question is whether this marks a sustained campaign against Saudi civil aviation or a one-off escalation.