CAIRO—The aviation authority run by the Houthi administration in Yemen has allowed temporary resumption of flights by the United Nations and other organizations to Sanaa international airport on Monday, the Houthi-run Saba news agency said. The Iran-aligned Houthi movement said earlier this month that the capital’s airport had been put out of operation after air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. The coalition said it only attacked military targets at the airport, from where drone strikes have been launched against Saudi targets. The coalition said that the strikes it had carried would have no effect on operational capacity, airspace management, air traffic, or ground handling operations. The airport has been closed to civilian flights since 2015, after the Houthis ousted the Saudi-backed government from Sanaa, although U.N. planes have been permitted to land there. The Houthis have at times claimed that Saudi Arabia was enforcing a …
Yemen’s Houthis Say Allowed Temporary Resumption of UN Humanitarian Flights to Sanaa Airport
December 27, 2021
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