DHAKA: Yemen has reopened its international airports after a brief closure on Monday due to a strike by workers at the civil aviation authority.

The transport minister told state news agency Saba, reports Al Arabiya.

Airports were closed earlier in the day as workers went on strike in response to a dispute with the finance ministry over the aviation authority`s independence.

The finance ministry froze the authority’s funds, making it unable to pay workers’ wages.

Yemen transport minister Waed Batheeb promised the workers that he would help to resolve the issue, Saba reported.

Officials at Sanaa and Aden airports confirmed the airports had reopened.

BDST: 1812 HRS, DEC 23, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor