Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is being shuttled between heavily fortified palaces equipped with underground bunkers following an unprecedented wave of ballistic missile and drone attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal on Monday (October 12, 2026).
The 41-year-old Crown Prince was last seen in public on Tuesday participating in a blood donation drive and has since remained in high-security locations protected by an elite security detail. Military authorities have reportedly been forced to repeatedly reposition Patriot and air defense interceptor batteries between royal palaces and critical energy assets amid strained defense stockpiles.
The security protocol shift follows the deadliest strike in a Gulf state since regional hostilities escalated, when Houthi ballistic missiles directly struck Terminal 3 near Gate 401 at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Saturday. The attack killed 12 people—including two Bangladeshi nationals—and injured 309 others. With the airport struck four times in five days, operations at the kingdom's busiest aviation hub remain indefinitely suspended, prompting warnings of severe retaliation from the Saudi Energy Ministry.
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