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10/13/2019

Astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori receives hero's welcome in UAE

He was received by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.

Hazzaa AlMansoori got a royal welcome as he returned to the UAE after becoming the first Emirati in space and the first Arab on the International Space Station (ISS). His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received Hazzaa and his mission's backup astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi as they landed at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi on Saturday evening.

More than 21,000 canceled flights: Middle East travel chaos in 5 charts

CNNi - Hundreds of thousands of travelers are stranded in the Middle East after the cancellation of thousands of flights as war rages acros...