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Bahrain’s military says a third soldier has died of his wounds after an attack by Yemeni rebels on a Bahraini contingent patrolling Saudi Arabia’s southern border DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Bahrain's military said a third soldier died of his wounds on Wednesday after an attack by Yemeni rebels on a Bahraini contingent patrolling Saudi Arabia's southern border. The attack on Monday, which also wounded a number of soldier s, threatened recent progress in winding down Saudi Arabia's eight-year war against the Iran-aligned rebels , known as Houthis. The rebels have not commented on the attack . Bahrain says the rebels launched an unprovoked drone attack on the soldier s. Bahrain and its close ally Saudi Arabia condemned the attack , and the Saudi-led Military coalition said it had “the right to respond at the appropriate time and place.” The Pentagon condemned the attack in a statement Wednesday. “Such unacceptable attacks threaten the longest period of calm since th...

Saudi officials are in Yemen’s capital for talks with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, part of international efforts to find a negotiated settlement to Yemen’s nine-year war CAIRO -- Saudi officials were in Yemen's capital Sunday for talks with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, as part of international efforts to find a settlement to Yemen’s nine-year conflict, officials said. Saudi Arabia’s delegation, chaired by the kingdom’s ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber, met with Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Houthi’s supreme political council, which runs rebel-held areas in Yemen, according to the Houthi-run SABA news agency. An Omani delegation, which arrived in Sanaa on Saturday, joined the talks, the agency reported. It said al-Mashat hailed Oman's efforts to bridge the gap between different sides in the war to achieve peace in Yemen. SABA did not give further details. Mohammed al-Bukaiti, a Houthi leader, said earlier on Twitter that Saudi and Omani officials would discus...