SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s national airline said Monday it has cancelled all flights to the country’s only two functioning airports after the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi rebels announced the closure of all land, air and sea ports. It’s not yet clear whether any supplies will be allowed to enter via land crossings with Saudi Arabia and Oman. The missile strike has further stoked tensions between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran, regional rivals who support opposing sides in the wars in Yemen and Syria. Saudi Arabia said it shot down the missile, with fragments landing in an uninhabited area north of the capital. “A shot was just taken by Iran, in my opinion, at Saudi Arabia.

Source: National Post November 06, 2017 07:06 UTC