Saudi authorities say 309 people were also injured in the strike on King Khalid International Airport, which Saudi officials and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attributed to the Houthis.
The 12 people killed in Saturday's attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh included four Saudi nationals and eight foreign nationals, according to the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation, as reported by AP via NPR.
Of the foreign nationals, two were Bangladeshis and one each came from the United States, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Sudan, AP and The National reported, citing the aviation authority.
The authority said 309 people were injured. AP and The National reported that some of the injured were in critical condition.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that an American citizen was among those killed, CBS News reported. In a social media post, Rubio condemned attacks on Saudi Arabia by what he called the "terrorist Houthis", including the strike on the airport. The National reported that he described the attacks as reprehensible.
The Saudi military spokesman also blamed the Houthis, according to a headline on an ABC News live blog, of which only a summary was available to our verification desk. AP noted that the statement from the Saudi aviation authority itself did not assign blame.
The Washington Post described the Houthis, who are also known as the Houthi movement, as Iran-backed. No claim of responsibility from the Houthis had been found by the time of writing. No response from the Houthis or from Iran had been reported.
AP described the attack as the deadliest in any Gulf Arab country since the start of the Iran war. The National called it the deadliest in Saudi Arabia in more than a decade.
AP said it was the latest of several attacks on the airport in the past week, which had killed four people before Saturday.
There was disruption beyond the airport. The Washington Post reported that Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended operations there. The National reported that Kuwait's national carrier cancelled flights and that the United Kingdom described the incident as serious.
President Donald Trump said he would speak to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to CBS News, The National and ABC. Speaking to reporters, he said: "What happened in Saudi Arabia is not acceptable."
Earlier on Saturday, Trump said the United States might join the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis, the outlets reported. CBS quoted him as saying the US had only just found out about the attack and would make a decision quickly. The reports did not say what form any US involvement would take.
The National also reported that a Saudi-led coalition had launched a ground offensive in Yemen. It said the coalition claimed to have retaken the Red Sea port city of Mokha. That claim was not independently confirmed in the material reviewed.
ABC's live blog also listed an item saying US forces had disabled a cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The details were not available to our verification desk, and nothing seen links the item to the Riyadh attack.
The attack comes amid what reports describe as a wider Iran war, which has expanded to include fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces. The Washington Post said the Houthis have also struck Saudi oil infrastructure.
AP said the attack was expected to increase Saudi pressure on its allies, including the United States, for military support. Saudi Arabia has not yet set out publicly, in the reports reviewed, any response beyond the statements from its aviation authority and military spokesman.
Tehran Telegraph will report any response from Iranian officials or from the Houthis as it is confirmed.
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