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Iran's Foreign Minister says talks with Saudi Arabia are ongoing; Yemen fighting intensifies

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced on X that talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia are continuing to establish new regional security arrangements without foreign military intervention. The discussions come after high-level meetings last week in Tehran involving officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan. Meanwhile, the conflict in Yemen has intensified, with Houthi rebels advancing towards strategic locations like the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and launching attacks on Saudi oil facilities and airports, prompting retaliatory airstrikes by Saudi forces.
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As of November 3, 2026, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated that talks with Saudi Arabia are ongoing, aiming to establish new regional security arrangements without foreign military involvement. This follows high-level meetings last week in Tehran between officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, the first such interactions since August. Since late February when a US-Israeli war on Iran began, conflicts have spread to include Saudi Arabia and Yemen, intensifying fighting between Saudi forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen. Houthi attacks targeting key Saudi oil facilities and airports, including Riyadh's international airport, have disrupted flights and oil exports while drawing retaliatory airstrikes from Saudi Arabia.

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Talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia are ongoing as Tehran aims to reach new regional security arrangements for countries in the region without foreign Military involvement, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on X on Tuesday (November 3, 2026).
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Talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia are ongoing as Tehran aims to reach new regional security arrangements for countries in the region without foreign Military involvement, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on X on Tuesday (November 3, 2026). asserted
Araqchi → aim → Tuesday
Last week, top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan met Iranian officials in Tehran, the first high-level contact between Iran and the three nations since August. asserted
officials → meet → August
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran started in late February and since then, fighting has spread to Saudi Arabia and Yemen. asserted
fighting → start → Arabia
Riyadh said the visit was intended to open negotiating channels to "prevent the return of military escalation," as fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis had intensified in recent weeks. asserted
fighting → say → weeks
Houthi attacks on the kingdom escalated as the powerful militia advanced towards the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping chokepoint that lies on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula from the Strait of Hormuz. asserted
that → escalate → Hormuz
The Houthis have also attacked Saudi oil facilities and airports including Riyadh's international airport, disrupting flights and oil exports and drawing Saudi airstrikes on Yemen in response. asserted
Houthis → attack → response
Impoverished Yemen has been mired in a civil war since the Houthis pushed the internationally recognised, Saudi-backed government out of the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. asserted
Houthis → mire → 2014
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