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Attack hits Cairo airport
New York Post, Dawn and The National reported an attack on Cairo airport in reports first published on 17 October 2026.
Casualty figures had not been confirmed by two independent sources at the time of publication.
Channels TV and Al Jazeera attribute it to Ansar Allah (Houthis). Terrorism Portal has not independently established responsibility.
The sources consulted present it as an attack by Ansar Allah (Houthis) without calling it terrorism; Terrorism Portal does not classify it as such on the basis of these reports.
Ansar Allah (Houthis) is on the UN Security Council sanctions list for Yemen.
Confirmed facts
- Location
- Cairo, Egypt (North Africa) Corroborated
- Event date
- 17 October 2026 Date of first reports
- Type of event
- Attack on an airport Corroborated
- Deaths
- No figure confirmed by two independent sources Not established
- Injured
- No figure confirmed by two independent sources Not established
- Responsibility
- Attributed to Ansar Allah (Houthis) by Channels TV and Al Jazeera Attributed
- Classification
- Not described as terrorism by the sources consulted As reported
- Independent sources
- 5
Context
The most populous Arab state, controlling the Suez Canal, whose revenues are affected by insecurity in the Red Sea. Fought an Islamic State-affiliated insurgency in North Sinai for much of the 2010s.
Terrorism Portal's dossier “Yemen: Conflict, Terrorism and Regional Power Projection” provides background on this subject.
How this report was verified
How this report was produced: Terrorism Portal's monitoring system identified the event in 5 independent sources, retrieved the original article of at least one of them and checked that they agree on place, date and type of event. Details reported by a single source are not included as facts.
Sources consulted
- Egypt prepared to defend Saudi Arabia after deadly Houthi airport attack
- Egypt ‘ready to defend’ Saudi Arabia against Houthis
- Houthis Attacks: Egypt’s Sisi Asks Parliament To Authorise Support For Saudi Arabia
- Houthis Attacks: Egypt Ready To Defend You, President Sisi Tells Saudi Arabia
- Egypt pledges support for Saudi Arabia as Houthis warn Cairo against military intervention
- Egypt to provide ‘necessary’ support to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks
- Egypt's pledge to support Saudi Arabia against Houthis: What's on the table?
- Egypt mulls joining Saudi Arabia in war against Houthis
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