Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as Houthis step up attacks

RIYADH/CAIRO: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan will hold an urgent, high-level meeting under a joint defense pact to discuss ways to support the Kingdom amid attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, while Tehran sought to distance itself from the rapid advance of its Houthi allies. The Houthis have launched strikes on the UN-recognized government in Yemen and repeatedly fired into Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil flows from the world’s largest energy exporter, as part of a wider Middle East war th