Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- An attack on Saudi Arabia's King Fahd International Airport in Dammam has killed two people and wounded eight, with airport operations returning to normal, the kingdom's civil aviation authority has said.

The dead were a Saudi national and an Indian resident, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said on Thursday, a day after the attack, Al Jazeera reports.

The violence has spread beyond the airport. Al Jazeera cited the Saudi energy ministry saying two people were killed on Wednesday when air defences intercepted a drone targeting a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield.

The attacks come amid an intensifying conflict involving Yemen's Houthi group, also known as Ansar Allah, and the internationally recognised...