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Saudi Arabia and US discuss efforts to de-escalate regional tensions amid Houthi attacks

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Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman said the kingdom discussed strategic defence cooperation and efforts to ease regional tensions with US counterpart Pete Hegseth in a phone call. He said they also discussed the continuing Houthi attacks on the kingdom.

Yemen's Houthi movement (Ansar Allah), which controls Sanaa and much of the north, has carried out repeated attacks on Saudi Arabia over several years.

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