Schools in Riyadh will switch to remote learning for a week following Yemeni retaliatory strikes on the capital's airport, according to an email sent to parents on Sunday citing instructions from the Education Ministry.

The email said the measure would apply to all schools across Riyadh for the entire week.

"Following instructions from the Ministry of Education, all schools in Riyadh will switch to distance learning for the entire week," the email said, marking the second time in less than a month that schools in Riyadh have been ordered to move to remote learning.

This comes as the Yemeni Armed Forces sustain their retaliatory strikes targeting Saudi Arabia in response to the continued Saudi aggression on Sanaa and other areas in Yemen.

Yemeni forces target Riyadh airport with ballistic missile

Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said on October 8 that Yemeni forces targeted King Khalid Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile for the second time that day, saying the strike hit its intended target and disrupted air traffic.

Saree said the strike caused significant damage at the site and renewed a warning to international airlines against operating flights through Saudi airspace, except over Mecca and Medina. "Saudi airspace has become a theater for Yemeni military operations, except the airspace over the holy areas of Mecca and Medina," he said.

The Yemeni military spokesperson also warned experts, engineers and workers at Saudi oil facilities against remaining at sites identified by the Yemeni Armed Forces as targets, saying they could put their lives at risk.

Saree had earlier announced a ballistic missile strike on the Riyadh airport and said it had disrupted air traffic.

Separately, Reuters cited eyewitnesses and three sources as saying smoke was rising from a stationary aircraft at the airport on Thursday.