I was on board the flight that Saudi Arabia barred from landing at Sana'a Airport. Beside us sat dozens of stranded citizens who had been trapped abroad for years because of the blockade. The Saudis threatened to bomb the airplane in mid-air, directly notifying the pilot, and then proceeded to bomb the airport itself. In such a situation, imagine the horror your family endures when they learn the airport has been bombed at the exact moment you are scheduled to arrive.
This was far from the only time the airport has been bombed. It was targeted in the very first airstrike of the Saudi aggression in March 2015 and has remained shut down throughout the past 12 years. Why, then, does Riyadh Airport become a target that stirs global outrage, while Sana'a Airport is treated as worthless? What criteria dictate the terms of international solidarity?
The airport is merely one chapter of this reality. For 12 years, we have faced brutal aggression, targeted by more than a quarter of a million airstrikes. Our children are dying of starvation before our eyes due to the blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia. Yemen is enduring the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world, and our capital has been bombed without pause since the aggression began. Would anyone on earth accept this?
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