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Saudi Crown Prince puts Iran regime on notice after missile attack

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Saudi Crown Prince puts Iran regime on notice after missile attack

Cairo - Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of supplying the ballistic missile fired towards Riyadh's airport on Saturday night

Published: Tue 7 Nov 2017, 9:51 PM

Updated: Wed 8 Nov 2017, 12:19 PM

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Saudi Arabia's crown prince said on Tuesday that a ballistic missile launched at the kingdom by Houthi rebels in Yemen last weekend was a "direct military aggression by the Iranian regime and may be considered an act of war."

The state-run Saudi Press Agency carried Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's remarks in an article about a call between the prince and British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson.

Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of supplying the ballistic missile fired towards Riyadh's airport on Saturday night.

Meanwhile, the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said Iran provided a missile used by Houthis against Saudi Arabia in July and added that the missile that had hit Riyadh on Saturday may also have been provided by Tehran. - AP



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