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Sanaa airport official says facility ‘completely destroyed’ by Israeli strikes

By AFP 6 May 2025, 7:42 pm Edit
Yemenis watch as smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes targeting a power plant and Sanaa Airport, in Sanaa, Yemen, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Yemenis watch as smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes targeting a power plant and Sanaa Airport, in Sanaa, Yemen, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Yemen’s international airport was “completely destroyed” in Israeli airstrikes on the rebel-held capital Sanaa, an airport official tells AFP.

“Three planes out of seven belonging to Yemenia Airlines were destroyed at Sanaa airport, and Sanaa International Airport was completely destroyed,” the official says.

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