Thursday, January 7, 2016

Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of Embassy attack in Yemen Capital



Iran has accused Saudi forces of firing missiles into the Iranian embassy in Yemen's capital on Thursday.  

Iran's foreign minister "strongly condemned" what he called a Saudi air strike on the Iranian embassy in Sana.  

The minister says the attack damaged the building and wounded a number of guards.  

Saudi officials say the strikes are targeting rebel-controlled missile launchers being used to fire rockets into Saudi Arabia.  

Hugh Naylor, Middle East correspondent for The Washington Post, spoke to a colleague who visited the embassy in the Yemeni capital after the alleged attack...

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Hugh Naylor, Middle East correspondent for The Washington Post, says it unclear why Iran would make an allegation they couldn't back-up...

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Hugh Naylor, Middle East correspondent for The Washington Post, says the row between the two powers could bring even more instability to the region...

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