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US welcomes Sanaa's first commercial flight in six years

The Jordan-bound flight on Monday came as part of a UN-brokered truce struck in April.
A firefighter truck celebrates with a water jet the first Yemen Airways flight in six years.

The Biden administration on Monday welcomed the news of a commercial flight departing from Yemen’s airport in Sanaa, which marked the first time in almost six years that a passenger plane departed from the rebel-held airport.

The Yemenia Airways flight left the Sanaa airport just after 9 a.m. local time. The Amman, Jordan-bound flight was carrying some 130 passengers, including patients seeking medical treatment abroad. 

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