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The United States has discussed with Gulf allies including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to hold Yemen’s Houthi group accountable after the Iranian-backed fighters attacked the UAE for the second time in a week, the White House said.

Forces of Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government in Yemen have reclaimed the entire southern province of Shabwa from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the AP reports, citing officials.

Saudi Arabia plans to convert its airport operators into holding companies and transfer them to the Public Investment Fund (PIF), according to a Reuters report, citing Abdulaziz Al-Duailej, the head of Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation.

It was a busy weekend for Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ahead of a planned regional trip to neighboring Gulf countries.