{"id":9668,"date":"2026-10-18T18:57:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T18:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=9668"},"modified":"2026-10-18T18:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T18:57:22","slug":"gcc-condemns-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-as-yemen-fighting-intensifies-houthis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=9668","title":{"rendered":"GCC condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia as Yemen fighting intensifies | Houthis News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gulf ministers urge action against Houthis as fighting displaces more than 233,000 people across Yemen.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has condemned repeated attacks by Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthi fighters on Saudi Arabia and pledged support for the kingdom.<\/p>\n

The political and economic bloc that includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates issued a statement on Sunday, shortly after their foreign ministers\u2019 meeting in Manama, Bahrain.<\/p>\n

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The statement said an attack on any member affected all six, invoking a joint defence agreement and backing Saudi Arabia\u2019s right to protect itself.<\/p>\n

The condemnation came as the Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis reported<\/a> shooting down two drones near Riyadh and in Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u2018s Eastern Province early on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The coalition said another drone had been intercepted near the capital hours earlier, but did not identify who launched it.<\/p>\n

Gulf ministers accused the Houthis<\/a> of carrying out deadly strikes on civilian airports and vital facilities.<\/p>\n

They also pressed for tighter enforcement of a United Nations arms embargo against the group and urged countries to formally designate it \u201ca terrorist organisation\u201d.<\/p>\n

The ministers welcomed an October 15 statement from the UN Security Council (UNSC), the body responsible for maintaining international peace, which condemned Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and threats to Red Sea shipping.<\/p>\n

Yemen\u2019s internationally recognised government separately appealed<\/a> to the UNSC to act against Houthi attacks on homes and state facilities.<\/p>\n

In letters addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UNSC\u2019s president for October, Aglaia Balta, the Yemeni government cited an attack on the presidential palace in Aden, where the government is temporarily based.<\/p>\n

Separately on Sunday, UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud in Abu Dhabi to discuss regional security, the UAE\u2019s state news agency WAM reported.<\/p>\n

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, meets Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, Saudi Arabia\u2019s minister of defence, in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, October 18, 2026 [UAE Presidential Court\/Handout via Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces press offensives on several fronts.<\/p>\n

The Yemeni military said<\/a> the Houthis fired missiles towards the central city of Marib on Sunday, while government troops reported gains in Taiz, further south.<\/p>\n

Government-aligned commanders said<\/a> eight soldiers died in fighting in Lahij province on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Government forces also claimed to have killed 12 Houthi fighters in southern Taiz, figures that could not be independently confirmed.<\/p>\n

This latest phase of the war followed Houthi gains along Yemen\u2019s Red Sea coast last month.<\/p>\n

Government forces launched a counteroffensive intended to recapture territory from the Houthis, who seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014.<\/p>\n

Civilians face deepening shortages<\/h3>\n

The fighting has uprooted more than 233,000 people, according to the International Organization for Migration, the UN\u2019s migration agency.<\/p>\n

About 121,000 are in Taiz province, where supply routes have been disrupted by the fighting.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera\u2019s Hadeel al-Yamani, reporting from Taiz, said cooking gas was unavailable and food stocks were dwindling as Houthi forces blocked supplies through the city\u2019s western entrance.<\/p>\n

A local office tracking the siege said food prices had risen fivefold.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization, the UN health agency, warned that Taiz\u2019s 12 hospitals had fuel for just four more days and had run out of surgical supplies.<\/p>\n

Oxygen and medicines were also critically scarce as the city struggled with a cholera outbreak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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