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• Fiona MacDonald, Laura Gardner Cuesta, Zainab Fattah
Deadly missile and drone attacks on airports in Riyadh and Abha have put Saudi aviation operations under pressure. Saudi airlines are moving aircraft valued at as much as $4 billion from Riyadh, while authorities investigate how air defenses failed to intercept the barrage.
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Deadly missile and drone attacks on airports in Riyadh and Abha have put Saudi aviation operations under pressure. Saudi airlines are moving aircraft valued at as much as $4 billion from Riyadh, while authorities investigate how air defenses failed to intercept the barrage.
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