Saudi Arabia offered Houthis $1 billion through Iran to stop attacks: Report

Saudi Arabia rejects ‘military blackmail’ as $1 billion Houthi deal is reported Saudi Arabia has reportedly offered $1 billion to Yemen's Houthi group under an Iran-brokered arrangement aimed at securing a ceasefire and stopping attacks on the kingdom, Israeli media reported, citing diplomatic sources in the Gulf.According to the reports, Saudi defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman travelled to Tehran for talks on a possible ceasefire with the Houthis. The proposed arrangement reportedly involved transferring $1 billion to the group through Iran.One diplomatic source claimed that the Saudi minister had even brought the money to Tehran aboard the Hercules military transport aircraft he arrived in. However, a Saudi official did not confirm that any money had been transferred, the reports said.The talks reportedly brought together Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin and Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir, alongside Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Supreme National Security Council Secretary General Mohsen Rezaei and senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).According to the reports, Iran offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis amid e...