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Yemen’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the evacuation of all tourists trapped on Socotra Island has now been completed, marking the end of a weeklong effort to move stranded visitors out after commercial flights abruptly collapsed during a dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to Reuters.
The ministry reported that four Yemenia Airways planes carried 609 foreign nationals to Jeddah, concluding an operation that began when the UAE withdrew its forces from Yemen under a Saudi deadline.
The breakdown of air service left several hundred…
