YEMEN Press Agency

Political components demand opening of Rayyan International Airport in Mukalla

HADHRAMOUT, June 11 (YPA) – Political and civil society groups in Hadhramout province on Monday called on the province’s sons to participate extensively in the peaceful protest demanding the opening of Rayyan airport and its evacuation from the UAE’s occupation militias.

“The protest will be held next Thursday, in front of the Diwan of Hadhramout t province near the maternity and childhood Hospital “Bashraheel” in the city of Mukalla, to demand the opening of the closed international Airport Al Rayyan for years,” The organizing committee for the protest said in a statement.

Organizers of the event hold the local authorities in the Hadhramout coast to protect and secure the vigil.

The UAE occupation forces have been closing the Rayyan International Airport since April 2016, after the UAE occupation forces have turned out as a military base and a headquarters for the UAE’s occupation forces in the Arabian Sea.

The suffering of Hadhramout and neighboring provinces increases for the fourth consecutive year due to the closure of Rayyan International Airport in front of to humanitarian situations, to become an exclusive airport for some UAE military officials and leaders