βWhy Did They Kill Him?β Mourning Victims of Houthi Attack on a Saudi Airport. NYT - World By: Vivian Nereim 14 October 2026 at 13:20 The strike was the Iran-backed militiaβs most lethal against Saudi Arabia, by far, during their long conflict. Β© Raad Adayleh/Associated PressMourners carrying the body of Mahmoud Barqawi, 33, at his funeral in Amman, Jordan, on Monday. He was killed in a Houthi missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday.