Egypt’s president vows to use ‘any measure’ to defend Saudi Arabia and seeks authorization to deploy troops abroad as battle against Houthis escalates
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Parliament convened Sunday and will continue deliberations on Monday.
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An airstrike has killed at least nine people in an area of Yemen controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels as fighting escalates with Saudi-backed forces. Meanwhile, the U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned a settler attack on an American journalist that left her needing surgery, in some of the latest violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Sunday. Read our full coverage here. Airstrike kills at least 9 in rebel-held Yemen An airstrike killed at least nine people, including five children and two women, in Yemen’s northern province of Saada, the Houthi-run Health Ministry said. Spokesperson Anees al-Asbahi said in a statement the strike hit a house in Sahar district and also wounded 19, including 11 children. Some were in critical condition, he said. Al-Asbahi blamed Saudi Arabia for the strike. There was no immediate comment from the Saudi government. The fighting has reignited Yemen’s civil war after four years of ceasefire. US…