Iran-backed Houthis claim attack on Saudi Arabia

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Iran-backed Houthis attack four Saudi cities in expansion of Middle East war, 73 hurt
By Elwely Elwelly, Yomna Ehab and Muhammad Al Gebaly DUBAI/CAIRO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in the south of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major expansion of the six-month-old Middle East war.

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