Saudi-led coalition says it will keep backing Yemeni government against Houthi attacks

TREE NEWS update: The Saudi-led multinational coalition said on October 4 it will continue providing full combat support to Yemen’s government and armed forces to “restore the state.” Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki accused the Houthis of deliberately and systematically attacking civilians and civilian facilities in Riyadh and other Saudi cities, and of attempting to strike Mecca and Medina and Saudi vessels in the southern Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb strait.