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Footage from Riyadh's King Khalid Airport, shared by Fawaz Ahmed Ayyash as showing the situation now.
This footage is not from Riyadh’s King Khalid Airport. Reuters identified the same screengrab/video as smoke at Iraq’s Faw Port in Basra on July 15, 2026, so it also is not showing the situation “now” on October 12–13, 2026.
Full reasoning
Reuters cataloged the same portrait-format screengrab/video as Al Faw, Basra, Iraq — July 15, 2026, not Riyadh airport. In Reuters Connect's caption, Reuters says the image is a screengrab from a video obtained by Reuters and adds third-party verification notes stating that the port infrastructure and road matched satellite and file imagery and that the date was verified by original file metadata.
A separate contemporaneous report from Iraq's 964media says a drone crashed in the container yard at Grand Faw Port in Basra on July 15, 2026, causing an explosion seen in footage from the scene. That matches the port setting shown in the post much better than an inland airport.
By contrast, the official Riyadh Airports page lists King Khalid International Airport's address as Airport Road, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. So the post's claim misidentifies the location, and because the verified Reuters item is from July 15, 2026, it is also not footage of the situation "now" at the time this X post was published on October 12, 2026.
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- Reuters Connect: Smoke rises from a fire burning at Iraq's Faw port after a drone came down in the area without causing any damage, according to the state news agency report, in Al Faw
Smoke rises from a fire burning at Iraq's Faw port ... in Al Faw, Basra, Iraq July 15, 2026, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained by Reuters ... THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION: -Port infrastructure and road matched satellite and file imagery -Date verified by original file metadata.
- 964media: Drone crashes in Grand Faw Port container yard
BASRA — An unidentified drone crashed inside the container yard at Grand Faw Port in Basra on Wednesday morning, setting off an explosion that sent workers running from the area, according to local officials and footage recorded at the scene.
- Riyadh Airports Company — Contact Us
King Khalid International Airport Address King Khalid International Airport, Airport Road, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.