SriLanka, Oct. 10 -- Many people were wounded in a blast at Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, according to two eyewitnesses and two people briefed on the matter. Travellers were evacuated from parts of the facility.

One eyewitness reported seeing an explosion, followed by multiple people lying injured on the ground inside the airport. More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to the airport.

The Saudi government's media office and the Saudi civil aviation authority did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the incident.

Saturday's incident comes amid an escalation of missile strikes by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels against the kingdom. The airport had already been attacked twice this week, leaving four ...