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Yemen said Saturday it has completed the evacuation of all foreign tourists who had been stranded on Socotra Island, after transferring 609 visitors of various nationalities to Saudi Arabia through four evacuation flights, Anadolu reports. The Yemeni Foreign Ministry said the operation was carried out in coordination with relevant Saudi authorities, confirming that all stranded tourists were flown to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said the final evacuation flight departed Socotra earlier Saturday, marking the completion of the operation following recent security tensions in southern Yemen. “With the departure of the last flight, the transfer of all stranded foreign tourists has been successfully completed,” al-Eryani said, according to Yemen’s official media. He described the operation […]
