Mideast airlines halt flights to Kazakhstan amid unrest

Flydubai and Air Arabia have cancelled flights to Almaty as violent anti-government protests roil Kazakhstan’s largest city.
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A picture shows burned-out cars near administrative buildings in central Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 6, 2022, after violence that erupted following protests over hikes in fuel prices. - ALEXANDER BOGDANOV/AFP via Getty Images
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UAE-based airlines Flydubai and Air Arabia have halted flights to Kazakhstan’s largest city of Almaty amid the deadly political unrest in the Central Asian country. 

Dozens in Kazakhstan are dead and hundreds injured after a sudden hike in fuel prices sparked violent anti-government protests in the ex-Soviet republic and prompted President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to declare a state of emergency.  

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