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Iran Offers to Mediate Between Its Houthi Allies and Saudi Arabia

New York Times12 October 2026, 11:37 UTCYemen

Iran has long backed the Houthis, a Yemeni militia, and it made the offer as Saudi Arabia contends with increasingly deadly attacks from them.

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