A drone strike in Sudan killed dozens of people, including children, said a rights group.
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Meanwhile, attacks on the Riyadh international airport in Saudi Arabia earlier this week damaged three aircraft, officials said.
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Lebanon also welcomed the lifting of a decades-long flight ban with the United States.
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Drone strike kills at least 40 people in Sudan, rights group says
A drone strike killed at least 40 people, including children, in Sudan along the border with Ethiopia, according to Emergency Lawyers, a group that tracks the war.
It said the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been battling Sudan’s military since 2023, was responsible for Friday’s strike in the Abu Shandi area in Sudan’s Blue Nile province.
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The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said it was appalled by the strike.
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The conflict has killed at least 150,000 people, according to conflict monitor ACLED, though aid groups say the real number is likely higher.
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Houthi attacks on Saudi airport damaged 3 planes
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Two regional officials said Saturday attacks by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Riyadh airport on Thursday damaged three planes.
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The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to brief the media.
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Three Saudi citizens were killed and several were wounded, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said Friday.
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Air traffic was again disrupted Friday evening when the Houthis fired another missile at the airport, one of the officials said.
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Flight-tracking platform Flightradar24 said many flights were diverted.
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Also on Friday, the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, said forces had destroyed 136 military targets in areas controlled by the rebels in Yemen.
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He said the coalition is working to “destroy the ballistic missile network of the terrorist Houthi militia.”
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The AP could not independently verify these claims.
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Fighting in Yemen between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces has escalated, with a Saudi-led coalition providing air support for Yemen’s government forces in an attempt to reverse Houthi gains.
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Lebanon’s president praises Trump’s decision to remove flight restrictions
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The Lebanese presidency announced on Saturday the official lift of flight restrictions between Lebanon and the U.S.
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The Reagan administration suspended direct flights between the U.S. and Lebanon in 1985 following the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
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Trump made the surprise announcement in July during a visit by Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun.
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He ordered the lifting of the restrictions nearly two weeks ago, but the decision was publicly announced on Saturday.
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Aoun welcomed the decision, saying it signaled U.S. confidence in Lebanon’s steps to improve civil aviation safety.
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The move comes after the Iran-backed Hezbollah group was severely weakened by two wars with Israel over the past two years in which many of the group’s political and military commanders were killed.
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This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.
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