Saudi Arabia warned Saturday it would back Yemen‘s government in any military confrontation with separatist forces and urged them to withdraw “peacefully” from recently seized provinces.
The statements came a day after reported Saudi air strikes on separatist positions in Yemen’s Hadramawt province – and after Washington called for restraint in the rapidly escalating conflict.
General Turki al-Malki, the spokesman for the Riyadh-led groups, said they would act “directly and…