CAIRO -- Egypt's National Defense Council decided on Sunday, during a meeting chaired by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, to provide Saudi Arabia with "all necessary and possible" forms of support to defend the kingdom's security and stability, the Egyptian presidency said, amid continued attacks by Yemen's Houthi group against Saudi Arabia.
The council pledged to help safeguard the kingdom's resources, territorial integrity and Islamic holy sites, according to the presidency's statement. (Egypt-Saudi Arabia-Security)
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RIYADH/SANAA/MANAMA -- Six Saudi citizens were injured and three houses and three vehicles damaged after a projectile launched by Yemen's Houthi group struck a residential area in Najran, southern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Civil Defense said Sunday.
The civil defense said emergency teams responded to the incident, stressing that attempts to target civilian objects constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. (Saudi Arabia-Houthis-GCC)
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TEHRAN -- Iran on Sunday warned that any further "miscalculation" by the United States and Israel would trigger a more severe response from Iranian armed forces, as Tehran announced plans to establish a regional authority to oversee digital data flows amid escalating tensions.
Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, said in a statement carried by Iranian media that if the United States and Israel were truly capable of following through on their threats against Iran, they would have done so by now. (Iran-U.S.-Responses)
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MANAMA -- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi on Sunday called on Russia to play an active role in urging Iran to halt attacks on GCC states, respect freedom of navigation and engage in dialogue based on good-neighborliness and respect for sovereignty.
Albudaiwi made the remarks at the 9th Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between the GCC and Russia in Manama, the GCC General Secretariat reported. GCC Foreign Ministers and their Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, attended the meeting. (Bahrain-GCC-Russia) ■
