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Yemen’s Ghaydah Airport Welcomes First Commercial Flight

Passengers coming from Hadramout through the Yemeni flight upon landing at al-Ghaydah Airport (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Passengers coming from Hadramout through the Yemeni flight upon landing at al-Ghaydah Airport (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Yemen’s Ghaydah Airport Welcomes First Commercial Flight

Passengers coming from Hadramout through the Yemeni flight upon landing at al-Ghaydah Airport (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Passengers coming from Hadramout through the Yemeni flight upon landing at al-Ghaydah Airport (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Yemen's Al-Ghaydah Airport has resumed flights after rehabilitation by the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY).

A Yemen Airways airplane coming from Riyan International Airport in Hadramout governorate landed on Thursday at the airport.

The rehabilitated airport contributes to upgrading services provided within the Yemeni transportation sector, and supports other vital service sectors in the country.

The project to rehabilitate the Al-Ghaydah Airport aims to increase the airport’s efficiency, ensure the highest safety levels, facilitate transportation, and support social bonds, according to SPA.

The program seeks to boost the quality of services provided to travelers and airlines in accordance with the requirements of the international air navigation systems.

So far, SDRPY has implemented 229 projects and development initiatives to serve the Yemeni people in seven main sectors, which are education, health, water, energy, transportation, agriculture and fisheries, and capacity building of government institutions.

Moreover, SDRPY has launched development programs to serve the brothers in Yemen.

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Two Officials: Israel is Being Attacked Daily by One-Way Drones from Iraq

A member of the Israeli security forces works next to a damaged car at the site of a drone attack, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Karmiel, northern Israel October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
A member of the Israeli security forces works next to a damaged car at the site of a drone attack, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Karmiel, northern Israel October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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Two Officials: Israel is Being Attacked Daily by One-Way Drones from Iraq

A member of the Israeli security forces works next to a damaged car at the site of a drone attack, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Karmiel, northern Israel October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
A member of the Israeli security forces works next to a damaged car at the site of a drone attack, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Karmiel, northern Israel October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Iranian-backed militias are launching one-way attack drones against Israel from inside Iraq, which US and partner forces have had to intercept, two officials told The Associated Press.
Both a US defense official and a regional security official said the one-way drones have been an issue since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, and aren’t a retaliation from Iran for Israel’s strikes last week.
However the drone attacks have increased in number in recent weeks. There’s been an average of about five launches a day from within Iraq targeting Israel by Iranian-aligned militia groups, and within the last week, eight UAVs were fired in one 24-hour period, the regional security officer said.
US and partnered forces have been intercepting the attack drones, both officials said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details that have not been made public on the Iraq-launched drone attacks.
The ongoing launches have increased the chance that Israel will respond directly to those attacks, the regional security official said.