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Oct 11 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister spoke with his Iranian counterpart about the recent escalation of the regional conflict and efforts to lower tensions, the Saudi state news agency reported on Sunday, the officials’ first publicly reported contact since Iran-aligned Houthis intensified strikes on the kingdom.
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Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran is ready to provide any assistance to facilitate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, according to a post on the minister’s Telegram account.
Yemen’s Houthis have struck Saudi Arabia several times in the past week, including an attack on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. It was the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade.
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(Reporting by Menna Alaa El Din and Yasmine Ghania; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Paul Simao)
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This story was originally published October 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM.