Iranian flights cancelled as new US 'D-Day' sanctions take effect, Saudis say they shoot down Houthi missiles

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Iranian flights cancelled as new US 'D-Day' sanctions take effect, Saudis say they shoot down Houthi missiles

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Iranian flights to Gulf neighbors, including Dubai, were canceled following the U.S. sanctions deadline as part of an economic pressure campaign. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia intercepted six ballistic missiles fired by Houthi forces amid escalating regional conflict.

DUBAI/RIYADH, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Iranian flights to Gulf neighbours including travel hub Dubai appeared to have been cancelled on Thursday after a US deadline passed for global firms to halt work with Iran's airlines, a major step in a campaign President Donald Trump calls "economic D-Day". In Saudi Arabia, where an escalating conflict with Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi fighters this month has become the main front in the wider Middle East war, authorities said they had intercepted six ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis.

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