Drone strike in Sudan kills 40, Lebanon welcomes US flight ban lift, and other Mideast developments

A drone strike in Sudan killed dozens of people, including children, said a rights group. Meanwhile, attacks on the Riyadh international airport in Saudi Arabia earlier this week damaged three aircraft, officials said. Lebanon also welcomed the lifting of a decades-long flight ban with the United States. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Saturday. Read our full coverage here.A drone strike killed at least 40 people, including children, in Sudan along the border with Ethiopia, according to Emergency Lawyers, a group that tracks the war.It said the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been battling Sudan’s military since 2023, was responsible for Friday’s strike in the Abu Shandi area in Sudan’s Blue Nile province.The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said it was appalled by the strike.The conflict has killed at least 150,000 people, according to conflict monitor ACLED, though aid groups say the real number is likely higher.Two regional officials said Saturday attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Riyadh airport on Thursday damaged three planes. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authoriz...