Airport Official: Flights From Sanaa Airport to Resume on Tuesday
Khaled Al-Shaef, the General Manager of Sanaa Airport, said today that Yemenia Airways' flights will resume from Sanaa International Airport to Queen Alia International Airport in Amman. Al-Shaef stated in a post on platform X, "It is expected that Yemeni Airways' flights will resume from Sanaa International Airport to Queen Alia International Airport from the day after tomorrow, October 17." The company announced late last month it would suspend flights from Sanaa Airport from October 1 because of money disputes with Houthi authorities.
A government official has revealed the documentation of over 10,000 civilian victims due to mines planted by the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group over the past years. The Director of the National Mine Clearance Program in Yemen, Colonel Amin Al-Aqeeli, stated on Saturday, "Mines have spread extensively in Yemen since the Houthis began their expansion in Yemen's provinces, starting from Saada, then to Amran, Sanaa, and extending to Taiz, Aden, Al-Bayda, Dhale, Al-Hudaydah, Abyan, Al-Jawf, Hajjah, and even Dhamar, Ibb, and Raymah." The war in Yemen began in 2015 when the Houthi group toppled the UN-recognized government.
On Saturday, the security authorities carried out a security campaign targeting weapons stores in the Rasad district in Abyan province in South Yemen. The district security director, Captain Hassan Ahmed, said in press statements that the campaign targeted weapons stores in Rasad in order to prevent the random carrying of weapons and establish the foundations of security. He stated that the security campaign comes within the security plan prepared to strengthen security and stability and prevent the sale of weapons of all kinds. Abyan has seen repeated clashes between Al-Qaeda operatives and southern separatists over the past months.
A UN expert has warned that Israel's attack on Gaza might lead to "mass ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians. Israel has told 1.1 million Palestinians to leave the north of the Gaza Strip ahead of a planned ground invasion by the Israel Defense Forces following the Hamas attack that killed over 1,300 Israelis on Oct. 7. Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, said the forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza would be another "Nakba" — the Arabic word for "catastrophe" — if the invasion goes ahead. "There is a grave danger that what we are witnessing may be a repeat of the 1948 Nakba, and the 1967 Naksa, yet on a larger scale. The international community must do everything to stop this from happening again," said Albanese.
Israel allegedly used white phosphorus munitions on October 10 and 11 during aerial assaults on Gaza in response to the deadly Hamas attack, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International. "Israel has used white phosphorus in military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, putting civilians at risk of serious and long-term injuries," wrote HWR on the social media platform X. "White phosphorus causes excruciating burns and can set homes afire. Its use in populated areas is unlawful," said the statement. Israeli authorities have officially denied using white phosphorus. "The State of Israel has not deployed the use of such munitions," wrote the Israeli embassy in France in a statement.
