Houthis say they won't attack US vessels in Red Sea, and other Mideast developments

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A senior official with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said the group has assured U.S. President Donald Trump's administration that it won’t attack U.S. vessels in the Red Sea, even as he warned countries against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s revived civil war.The comments came as the Houthis fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia's capital over the weekend.Iran’s top diplomat will stop in Qatar on his way to the United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders. And the head of the CIA has been in Egypt meeting with its president.An Israeli was fatally shot in the occupied West Bank, while Israel's military said it killed a man who attempted to ram his vehicle into troops elsewhere in the Palestinian territory.Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Sunday. Full coverage is available here.A senior official with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels is warning countries against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s revived civil war, telling The Associated Press on Sunday that his group has assured the Trump administration that it won’t attack U.S. vessels in the Red Sea.Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau, said Washington reached out to the rebels after the...

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