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In the 48 hours that followed the Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s main international airport, China’s major media outlets largely focused on an Iranian offer to help mediate between the two warring parties. The offer was made during a phone call between the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers on Oct. 11, just hours after Houthi missiles killed 13 people and injured dozens more. China’s enthusiastic coverage of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s proposal comes on the back of an earlier report in September that China was privately pushing Iran to help mediate between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. But it also…
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