Houthis vow retaliation after Saudi Arabia strikes Yemen in widening of Middle East war

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels vowed to retaliate against Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they accused the kingdom of targeting civilian infrastructure, as the Middle East war widens across the region. Riyadh struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida in Yemen on Friday, with rebel media reporting two wounded after the Yemeni group announced a maritime blockade of the top oil producer and hit its ships. The flare-up marks a new front of the war that has engulfed the region, and comes on top of Iran’s parallel blockade of the strait of Hormuz, Riyadh’s only other maritime route. “The Saudi enemy’s targeting of…

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