​The coalition destroys drones and thwarts the targeting of the “Shaybah” field

On Thursday, the “Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen” destroyed 5 drones targeting the Eastern Region and Riyadh, while the death toll from the attack that targeted “King Fahd International Airport” in Dammam, on Wednesday, rose to two deaths and 8 injuries, coinciding with the thwarting of an attempt to target a laboratory in the “Shaybah” field of the “Saudi Aramco” company in the Eastern Region.

The official spokesman for the coalition forces, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, explained that the air defenses intercepted and destroyed 4 drones launched towards the eastern region, in addition to another drone that targeted the Riyadh region.

For its part, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation reported on Thursday that the number of deaths as a result of the attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam had risen to two people, a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident, while the number of injured reached 8 people of Saudi, Yemeni, Nepalese and Indian nationalities.

The Authority confirmed the resumption of operational operations at the airport and the return of air traffic to normal, noting that the injuries ranged from minor to severe, and that the injured were immediately transferred to the hospital to receive the necessary health care. She added that the attack also resulted in material damage, which is being assessed.

In a related context, on Wednesday, Saudi air defenses intercepted a drone that attempted to target one of the laboratories in the Shaybah field of Saudi Aramco in the Eastern Province, according to what an official source in the Ministry of Energy said.

The source explained that the incident resulted in a fire breaking out in a vehicle belonging to one of the contractors working in the field, outside the factory walls, without affecting operational operations, indicating that the competent authorities began dealing with the incident and taking the necessary measures.

He added that the attempted attack resulted in the death of residents of Filipino and Nepalese nationalities, and the injury of two other residents of Pakistani and Indian nationalities, expressing his sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the deceased, and wishing the injured a speedy recovery.