Two people were killed, and eight others were injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said.

The statement said officials were assessing the extent of the damage.

The aviation authority noted on Thursday morning that flight operations resumed at the airport.

The Indian Embassy in Riyadh identified at least one of the killed victims and two of the injured victims as Indian nationals in a Thursday statement.

Additionally, in a separate incident, two people were also killed after Saudi air defenses intercepted a drone that was attempting to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield on Wednesday, the energy ministry said.

The incident comes amid an escalation of missile strikes by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on the kingdom.

The incident caused a vehicle fire outside the facility's perimeter but did not affect operations at the field, the ministry said, citing an official source.

General view of Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia. January 12, 2024.
General view of Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia. January 12, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/HAMAD I MOHAMMED)

"The attempted attack resulted in the deaths of two residents, one Filipino and one Nepali, and injuries to two residents, one Pakistani and one Indian, due to falling debris following the interception," the ministry said.

Saudi Arabia has responded to Houthi attacks with a wave of strikes on missile launcher sites, vowing to protect the kingdom, and says it has intercepted many ballistic missiles fired by the group.

US orders diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia

The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members to leave its missions in Saudi Arabia and plans to withdraw family members from several other US missions in the region, US officials told Reuters.

The order came as attacks in Saudi Arabia killed at least one person and injured eight others at a civilian airport in Dammam, and two people were killed in a drone attack on an oil field.

State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a post on X that the department ordered the departure of "non-emergency US government employees and their family members in Saudi Arabia only" amid attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen on civilian targets in the country.