00:00Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis in Yemen after issuing warnings for several regions,
00:09including Mecca.
00:10According to the Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen's government since 2015 against the Houthis, six ballistic missiles had been intercepted,
00:2014 attacks on Taif and Yambu.
00:23The attacks came as fighting raged in Yemen between the Houthis and Riyadh-backed government forces, killing dozens of people
00:32on both sides.
00:33They are also the latest in a series of escalating Houthi attacks since July, when renewed hostilities shattered a years
00:42-long truce and embroiled Yemen in the wider Middle East war.
00:46Meanwhile, Iran's president, Masoud Pesekskan, denied that Tehran was directing Houthi battle plans.
00:54And, with pressure mounting on Saudi Arabia, French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris planned to, quote,
01:02send military assets, raiders and defense systems to protect the Saudi oil terminal of Yambu.
01:09The infrastructure around Yambu, which serves as Saudi Arabia's primary crude export terminal on the Red Sea,
01:17is connected to its oil-producing regions, near the Gulf Coast by the East-West Pipeline,
01:23and forms a key node in the kingdom's vast network of energy installations.
