On 25 September, Saudi Arabia claimed to have intercepted six ballistic missiles by the Huti rebels directed against Taif and Yanbu on the Red Sea coast, the latter headquarters of major oil facilities. At the UN, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud sought to alert about the consequences of these attacks and to add new international support. Saudi Arabia will also convene an emergency meeting with Turkey and Pakistan under its joint defence agreement. France, for its part, announced the deployment of a device

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