Iran Offers to Help Facilitate Dialogue Between Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister spoke with his Iranian counterpart on Sunday about the recent rise in regional tensions and efforts to reduce the conflict. According to the Saudi state news agency, this was the first publicly reported contact between the two officials since Iran-aligned Houthis increased their attacks on Saudi Arabia.

Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran was ready to provide any assistance to help promote dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, according to a post on his Telegram account.

Yemen’s Houthis have carried out several attacks on Saudi Arabia over the past week. On Saturday, an attack on Riyadh’s international airport killed 13 people and injured more than 300.

The attack was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia in more than a decade.