# As Houthis attack Saudi Arabia, is Iran war escalating into regional conflict?

https://mins.news/en/item/49742

- France 24, 2026-09-08 13:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260908-as-houthis-attack-saudi-arabia-is-iran-war-escalating-into-regional-conflict

> Yemen’s Houthis launched a wave of missiles that set Saudi oil facilities ablaze and wounded dozens. Saudi Arabia threatened retaliation on Tuesday, in what was described as the Iran-backed rebels’ heaviest attack in years, following the collapse of a four-year truce in July amid months of war between the United States and Iran in the Middle East.

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