<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/04/24/us-tightens-grip-on-lebanese-army-aid-as-delays-bite-in-beirut/</loc><lastmod>2026-04-24T12:03:20.56Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>The National</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-24T12:03:20.56Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[US tightens grip on Lebanese army aid as delays bite in Beirut]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/YT7RMH4ID67CVK47X2Z2MGOP74.jpg?auth=2110b48bd65f8daf03c047ae6c6d01b5a9dd0acbed08d52a111ff075116490c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2668</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Lebanese army soldiers at the site of an Israeli attack on a residential building in Beirut. 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Chris Whiteoak / The National]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/04/23/inside-dubais-vertiport-first-glimpse-at-how-air-taxi-system-will-work/</loc><lastmod>2026-04-23T07:43:10.645Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>The National</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-23T07:43:10.645Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Ready for take-off: First look inside Dubai's air taxi vertiport]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/5PYPXY23NJHAXCJNWHDVRSJBXE.jpg?auth=e6d16502eb2ce4ec40b190487ae0a6f2e7ef114b61ed53dbb6ad3a2094492fc0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8078&amp;height=5385</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dubai's first commercial vertiport will be the launchpad for the emirate's burgeoning air taxi sector. 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