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NPR News21 October 2026, 08:42 UTCSaudi Arabia

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to visit Russia in hopes of ending war, Trump campaigns in North Carolina, Saudi Arabia cancels 'Davos in the Desert' due to air strikes.

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Airstrike or shelling: Gulf coalition drones launched toward saudi arabia intercepted destroyedBombardmentsSaudi Arabia21 October 2026, 08:00 UTC
Airstrike or shelling: Houthi missile strike taiz residentialBombardmentsSaudi Arabia21 October 2026, 03:45 UTC
Airstrike or shelling: Dispatches fighter jets to defend saudi arabia from houthi attacksBombardmentsSaudi Arabia20 October 2026, 20:00 UTC
Airstrike or shelling: Fighter jets saudi arabia houthi attacksBombardmentsSaudi Arabia20 October 2026, 19:15 UTC
Airstrike or shelling: Houthi missiles kill recruits yemen camp deadliest strike monthsBombardmentsSaudi Arabia20 October 2026, 19:15 UTC
Airstrike or shelling: Cnn kosmos to deploy fighter jets to defend saudi arabia against houthi attacksBombardmentsSaudi Arabia20 October 2026, 12:15 UTC
Airstrike or shelling: Saudi arabia postpones davos in the desert conference houthi strikes kill in yemen military facilityBombardmentsSaudi Arabia20 October 2026, 00:30 UTC
Airstrike or shelling: Houthi rebels strike yemens government forces with ballistic missiles killing at leastBombardmentsSaudi Arabia19 October 2026, 18:15 UTC

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