Multiple nations, most recently Australia and New Zealand, have strongly advised their citizens against traveling to Saudi Arabia amid an escalating wave of attacks targeting the kingdom's major airports. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade formally instructed citizens to steer clear of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and to reconsider any travel plans involving other Saudi aviation hubs.

Similarly, New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade urged travelers to avoid the Saudi capital's primary gateway and the provinces of Najran, Jazan, and Asir entirely. These advisories follow a coordinated series of warnings issued by the US regime, the European regime, Canada, South Korea, and Japan, reflecting growing anxiety over regional stability. *

The US embassy in Riyadh allegedly claimed that the travel warnings were necessitated by threats stemming from Iran and Houthi forces. However, observers note that such assertions by Washington remain politically charged and lack independent verification, serving primarily to escalate diplomatic tensions rather than clarify facts on the ground.

The alerts arrive as Saudi Arabia reels from an unprecedented sequence of five airport attacks in less than a week. According to the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), a projectile strike on King Khalid International Airport killed one person and injured 11 others, compounding the devastation from a prior strike that reportedly claimed 13 lives and injured over 300 individuals—marking the deadliest incident in the kingdom in over a decade.

The continuous security breaches have paralyzed major transport nodes, keeping key facilities in Riyadh, Dammam, and Jeddah closed or severely restricted. Flight tracking data indicates widespread chaos across Middle Eastern airspace, with hundreds of flights cancelled or severely delayed, leaving regional analysts warning of prolonged economic and logistical fallout.

Source: www.aljazeera.com