UN Security Council slams 'escalatory' Houthi attacks
The UN Security Council issued a joint statement on Thursday condemning the "escalatory" attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia, including "reckless strikes" on Riyadh's airport. The Saudi capital's international airport has been targeted by strikes 20 times since the beginning of the month, with an attack last weekend killing 13 people and wounding more than 300. In a joint statement shared by the Security Council's president, Greece's Evangelos Sekeris, the 15-member UN body "condemned in the strongest terms continued and escalatory Houthi attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," as well as "continued Houthi attacks and threats against commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab (Strait)." The statement also "affirmed the inherent right of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of self-defence in accordance with international law." Since the airport attack, the Saudi coalition reported on Thursday it had intercepted a missile in the region of Medina, one of the holiest cities in Islam. The Houthis, who have repeatedly said they would spare Islam's holy sites, denied being behind the attack. The Houthis launched a deadly missile attack on Thursday on the presidential palace in the Yemeni government's interim capital of Aden, hitting command centres located inside the compound used by government...
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