ADEN, Yemen, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Sanaa International Airport, which was rendered inoperable by Israeli airstrikes earlier in May, resumed operations on Thursday.
"The airport received the first UN flight this morning after its rehabilitation," Khaled Al-Shaif, director of the airport, said on social media platform X.
Al-Shaif said "10 UN flights are scheduled to take off and land today Thursday, now that the airport is ready to receive flights again."
On May 6, Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the airport controlled by the Houthi group, completely disabling the facility that serves as a critical lifeline for humanitarian operations in Yemen.
Following the airstrikes, Al-Shaif announced that all flights to and from the airport had been suspended until further notice. ■
