What happened

The Saudi-led coalition bombed Sanaa Airport's runway on 14 November 2017, part of a broader wave of strikes carried out after the coalition sealed Yemen's air, land and sea ports in retaliation for a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Riyadh and intercepted near its international airport. Yemeni officials said the runway and a ground navigation tower were damaged and that repair crews had been mobilized, while UN officials said the runway, taxiway, ramp, terminal and air-traffic-control tower were undamaged and in good condition — a direct conflict in damage assessments that the reviewed reporting did not resolve. The coalition later said it would reopen some ports, though implementation remained unclear at the time of reporting. No casualty figures were reported for the airport strike itself.

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