The hard-to-stop Houthi missiles that might make Trump think twice about helping Saudi Arabia

Updated October 13, 2026 — 11:19am,first published 11:11am

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Berlin: It was the moment that heralded a dangerous new escalation in Saudi Arabia’s war on the Houthi rebels of Yemen.

As civilians made their way through a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, a long-range, highly accurate missile struck the building. In the aftermath, the terminal was filled with dust, and dazed passengers could be seen stumbling around in the rubble.

They were the lucky ones: the Houthi attack on Saturday (Riyadh time) killed 13 people and was the most deadly of its kind since March 2015.

US President Donald Trump has said he’ll consider joining strikes on Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen in retaliation for what the Saudi-led coalition described as a “full-fledged war crime”.

Trump’s advisers, however, will be carefully weighing whether to rush into a conflict with the Houthis, whom their foes have sorely underestimated time and again.

‘Not acceptable’: Trump........

© The Sydney Morning Herald