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Conflict in Yemen is not a proxy war: Saudi official

By Ethan Barton

Published March 29, 2015 3:18pm ET

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Conflict in Yemen is not a proxy war: Saudi official — Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir speaks during a news conference. Al-Jubeir says his country began airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who drove out the U.S.-backed Yemeni president. | (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

The fighting in Yemen is not a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S said Sunday.

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