(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Saudi Arabia called on the Arab League to hold an emergency meeting of foreign ministers in Cairo next Sunday to discuss Iran's interference in a number of Arab countries' internal affairs.
The Saudi request was approved by its Gulf allies Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Djibouti, the current chair of the pan-Arab bloc, according to diplomats on Sunday.
The Middle East is plagued by long decades of tensions between Saudi Arabia – OPEC's biggest oil producer – and Iran, which also involves other Arab countries including Yemen, Syria, Qatar, and Lebanon.
Saudi Arabia managed to destroy a ballistic missile fired from Yemen towards the capital Riyadh's international airport last week. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accused Iran of providing the Houthi rebels in Yemen with modern missiles, considering the move 'a direct military aggression by the Iranian regime.'
Yemen has been witnessing a severe armed conflict between President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, and the Shiite Houthis, supported by Iran and militants loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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