Saudi authorities say 3 were killed in attacks on Riyadh airport claimed by Houthi rebels

BEIRUT (AP) — Three Saudi citizens were killed, including a pilot with the national airline, and several other people “of different nationalities” were wounded in attacks targeting Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia Airlines aircraft, the kingdom's civil aviation authority said Friday.Thursday's attack marked the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and allied forces in neighboring Yemen launched a major military offensive last weekend against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.It was also a significant escalation in the latest front in the Iran war, which has kept oil prices and markets jumpy.Yemen's Houthis have claimed the attackThe first attack on Thursday afternoon targeted airport facilities, while the second struck the aircraft, the Saudi statement said. It did not identify those responsible, though the Houthis claimed to have targeted the airport with a ballistic missile.Among the dead was Capt. Hamoud Ali Alkalthami, the Saudia Group said in a statem