India, Oct. 9 -- Commercial aviation security across the Middle East entered a critical phase after a parked passenger aircraft sustained heavy structural damage in a fire at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, directly resulting from an escalating wave of missile and drone strikes attributed to Yemen's Houthi movement.

According to confidential intelligence summaries and source accounts provided to international news agencies, the violent escalation pierced the heavily defended airspace of the Saudi capital, breaching airport perimeters and leaving multiple civilian transport assets compromised.

The unprecedented security failure has immediately rattled regional markets, prompting emergency operational audits and highlighting t...