In southern Saudi Arabia, Houthi rebels from Yemen say they’ve crossed into Saudi territory in a surprise offensive that’s left them in control of nearly two dozen positions. There was no comment from Saudi officials on the claim, which would represent an escalation of Yemen’s four-year-old civil war. The fighting has left at least 7,300 children killed or seriously injured by U.S.-backed Saudi coalition airstrikes, and pushed half of Yemen’s 28 million people to the brink of starvation.
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