The coalition, which includes Egypt, began air raids in March targeting Huthi Shiite rebels and allied forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen.
"We have a common vision on how to deal with the situation in Yemen," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri at a joint press conference with his visiting Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir.
"Our positions are identical, the work is done through close co-ordination at all levels," he said.
While Egyptian media supported Cairo's February air strikes inside Libya targeting the Islamic State group, it has been more critical of Egypt's role in the Yemeni air war.
Iran has repeatedly denied providing support to Huthis and their allies who overran much of Yemen earlier this year.
It has called for an end to the bombing campaign and the opening of a political dialogue.
"We reject the actions of Iran... and Iran's support for terrorism," said Jubeir, who is on his first visit to Egypt since becoming foreign minister.
- Iran "is the only state that interferes in the affairs of the region, whether in Lebanon or Syria or Iraq or Yemen," he added.
Jubeir's visit to Cairo came after the UN envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, began on Saturday a mission to discuss stalled peace talks.
A peace conference due to take place on May 28 in Geneva was postponed, in a fresh blow to UN efforts to end a conflict estimated to have killed almost 2,000 people.
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Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrikes hit a number of positions occupied by the Houthis and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the central Yemeni province of Taiz on Sunday, according to eyewitnesses....
ReplyDeleteThe strikes come a day after shelling from Yemen killed one Saudi border guard and injured seven others on border patrol with him on Saturday evening.
The airplanes carried out raids against camps used by the Special Security Forces, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter. The camps are controlled by the Houthis and pro-Saleh forces.
The Special Security Forces are a paramilitary force controlled by Yemen’s Ministry of Interior.
The airplanes also hit Jarra Mountain, which the Houthis are trying to control.
Since last night, the area has witnessed ongoing clashes between the Houthis and the pro-Hadi Popular Resistance Committees near a camp used by the Special Security Forces.............http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/520039--saudi-led-coalition-forces-launch-airstrikes-across-yemen
31/5/15