A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected an effort from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to dismiss a lawsuit from 9/11 terror attack survivors and victims’ families alleging that the country assisted the hijackers in the lead up to the deadliest attack on US soil in its history.

US District Judge George Daniels found that the plaintiffs’ claims were sufficient enough to allow the landmark civil case to go to trial and let the yearslong legal battle continue.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege the government of Saudi Arabia had a role in backing an extremist support network that assisted the hijackers in the US leading up to the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Saudi Arabia has repeatedly denied the suit’s allegations.

Attorneys for the familie

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