Gulf states condemn Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia as Yemen fighting intensifies

The Gulf Cooperation Council condemned repeated Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia on Sunday, after a foreign ministers' meeting in Manama, and backed the kingdom's right to self-defence. Saudi forces shot down two drones near Riyadh and in the Eastern Province the same morning. In Yemen, government forces are pressing offensives on several fronts, the fighting has displaced more than 233,000 people, and the World Health Organization warns Taiz's twelve hospitals have only four days of fuel left.

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