The diplomatic missions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Bahrain, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait have organized land transport via dedicated buses to repatriate stranded Saudi citizens whose travels were disrupted. This emergency measure followed attacks on the
Riyadh airport and the subsequent cancellation of numerous flights, with missions requiring interested beneficiaries to present a canceled travel booking. Regarding specific country details, the Saudi embassy in Jordan announced the allocation of buses to transport stranded citizens to the
Saudi capital, setting the gathering time at the embassy premises in the Saudi affairs section on Tuesday at 11:30 AM, with departure scheduled for 1:00 PM, while urging affected citizens to contact the relevant section for necessary instructions. In Bahrain,
the embassy provided a mass transport bus for citizens wishing to return whose flights were canceled, mandating a canceled booking to benefit from the service, with the gathering point set at the embassy in the diplomatic area at 11:30 AM
and departure at noon. In the United Arab Emirates, the consulate general in Dubai and the Northern Emirates secured ground transport buses for citizens unable to travel, accompanied by widespread solidarity from Emirati citizens who opened their homes to host
stranded nationals amid circumstances following the shelling of King Khalid International Airport and its resulting casualties according to circulating reports. Similarly, the Saudi embassy in Qatar announced the provision of buses to transport those wishing to return whose flights stopped,
conditioning it on a canceled booking and calling on concerned individuals to contact the Saudi affairs mobile for arrangements. In Kuwait, the embassy announced similar buses to counter the temporary suspension of operational activities at King Khalid International Airport, stating
that gathering for departure would be on Monday conditional upon presenting a canceled travel booking. These exceptional measures come against the backdrop of successive attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Following prior attacks for which the Yemeni Houthi
group claimed responsibility resulting in casualties and injuries, the airport faced additional attacks raising the total number of victims over past days, extending a series of security developments that affected air traffic as announced by the General Authority of Civil
Aviation earlier in the week.
