As the Houthis gain ground, Riyadh faces the painful reality of a hostile neighbour on its border
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Up to 200 Saudi fighter jets as well as heavy Saudi armour and Apache helicopters are now massed at the border between the kingdom and Yemen.
Up to 200 Saudi fighter jets as well as heavy Saudi armour and Apache helicopters are now massed at the border between the kingdom and Yemen.
LONDON โ Saudi Arabiaโs King Salman has accused Yemenโs armed Houthi rebels of being a โterrorist militiaโ after the Iran-backed group fired a volley of missiles at the Saudi city of Mecca, home to the Kaaba, Islamโs holiest site.
Ailing and increasingly frail, the 90-year-old king seldom appears in public; the worldโs oldest reigning monarch prefers to leave the duties of his kingdom to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his favourite son.
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