NEW YORK: The UN Security Council on Friday affirmed Saudi Arabia’s “inherent right” to self-defense and condemned “in the strongest terms” continued Houthi attacks against the Kingdom, demanding that the Iran-backed militia immediately end its military escalation. Jerome Bonnafont, France’s permanent representative to the UN, said the 15 members expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia “in the face of attacks impacting civilians and civilian objects on its territory.” The envoy, whose country ho
