Iran hosts Saudi defence pact states as Houthis launch more attacks

DOHA/KARACHI/CAIRO: Top officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye were due in Iran on Monday in a push to de-escalate the regional conflict now afflicting the Gulf kingdom, as Yemen’s Houthis launched further attacks on Riyadh’s airport and Saudi oil facilities. The talks were the first high-level contact between Iran and the three nations — which signed the Makkah mutual defence pact in August — since a war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran also spread to Saudi Arabia and

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