12/22/2021- 5:45 p.m.
Yemen’s Sanaa Airport “Damaged and Unsafe” Following Saudi-Led Coalition Bombing
Sanaa’s airport is severely damaged after being bombed by the Saudi-led coalition and needs urgent repair before it can receive flights again, a Yemeni aviation worker has warned.
On Monday (Dec. 20), the Saudi-led coalition claims it hit “legitimate military targets” in Sanaa airport with airstrikes.
The strikes came after ordering all civilians and humanitarian workers to evacuate.
However, Sanaa’s civil aviation authority had already closed the airport on Sunday (Dec. 19) in protest at the coalition, which maintains a siege on Yemen, refusing to allow “essential” equipment into the facility.
“We said that we need equipment, but the [coalition] started to bomb it instead of sending the required equipment,” a source in the civil aviation authority told Middle East Eye.
“The airstrikes targeted the tarmac and several buildings in the airport including the customs department, and a fire broke out.”
The source said the airstrikes have made airport workers feel they are not safe in the facility any longer.“The [coalition] is imposing a siege on Yemen and they don’t care about Yemenis and their interests
