Yemenia Airways to Resume Flights to Cairo, India from Yemen's Sanaa

A general view of the Old City of Sanaa (EPA)
A general view of the Old City of Sanaa (EPA)
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Yemenia Airways to Resume Flights to Cairo, India from Yemen's Sanaa

A general view of the Old City of Sanaa (EPA)
A general view of the Old City of Sanaa (EPA)

Yemenia Airways announced on Sunday that commercial flights from Yemen's Sanaa to Egypt and India will resume starting Sunday evening, Yemen's state news agency SABA said.

Return flights to Cairo will operate once daily, while flights to India will run twice weekly. The resumption in flights are part of an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Yemen aimed at calming hostilities in Yemen's decade-old civil war, according to Reuters.

Flights between Sanaa and Cairo had been halted since late 2016.



Egypt Stresses Importance of Supporting Lebanon amid Escalating Tensions with Israel

FILE: Egypt s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (Right) and Lebanon's  Prime Minister Najib Mikati during a meeting in Cairo on Saturday, November 4, 2023 (Photo: the Egyptian Presidency)
FILE: Egypt s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (Right) and Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati during a meeting in Cairo on Saturday, November 4, 2023 (Photo: the Egyptian Presidency)
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Egypt Stresses Importance of Supporting Lebanon amid Escalating Tensions with Israel

FILE: Egypt s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (Right) and Lebanon's  Prime Minister Najib Mikati during a meeting in Cairo on Saturday, November 4, 2023 (Photo: the Egyptian Presidency)
FILE: Egypt s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (Right) and Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati during a meeting in Cairo on Saturday, November 4, 2023 (Photo: the Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt stressed the importance of supporting Lebanon and "sparing it the scourge of war", the country's foreign ministry said on Sunday, Reuters reported.

This came amid escalating tensions between Israel and the Iran-aligned Lebanese Hezbollah group.

Cairo, a mediator in the ongoing Gaza war, also warned of the dangers of opening new war front with Lebanon.