Employees are also barred from traveling within 20 miles of the Yemeni border and need special authorization to visit Jizan, Asir and Najran provinces and the cities of Qatif, Yanbu and Taif. The British Embassy advised against all but essential travel to Jeddah, Dammam and every Saudi airport except Medina. Australia advised citizens not to travel to Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport.
Riyadh’s airport remained closed Monday after attacks on consecutive days, with Sunday’s strike killing a Pakistani resident and injuring 11 others. Flights were moving into and out of Dammam on Monday, though delays and cancellations continued. Jeddah also faced continuing disruption, with inbound aircraft holding and departures suspended; Flightradar24 reported 156 cancellations, or 20% of flights, and 374 delays, or 49%, there on Sunday.