‘Pure fabrication’ — Saudi Arabia rejects Wall Street Journal report on Houthi demands

Arab News · RASHID HASSAN · 2026-11-05 19:12 UTC

‘Pure fabrication’ — Saudi Arabia rejects Wall Street Journal report on Houthi demands

- Rayed Krimly, the Kingdom’s deputy minister for public diplomacy, has categorically denied the claims

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has categorically denied a recent report by the Wall Street Journal report that claimed Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia asked the Kingdom for $51 billion to halt its attacks.

The WSJ report, published on Wednesday, cited unnamed sources and claimed Saudi officials reached out to the US-designated foreign terrorist organization to ask what it would take for them to stop their cross-border attacks.

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