Yemen’s Aden airport reopens as Saudi military plane arrives

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Yemen's Aden airport reopened on Wednesday with the arrival of a Saudi military plane loaded with arms for pro-government forces.[SIZE=12.8000001907349px]This marks the airport's first arrival ever since the fighting escalated in March, forcing a temporary closure.[/SIZE][SIZE=12.8000001907349px]The arrival is in line with the military campaign that has been initiated to bring the city back under the control of the government.[/SIZE][SIZE=12.8000001907349px]The battle at Aden International Airport broke out on 19 March, when the Yemen Army forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh attacked the airport, which was defended by soldiers and guards supporting exiled Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.[/SIZE][SIZE=12.8000001907349px]Saleh's forces also sent fighter planes to bomb the presidential palace.[/SIZE]
 
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