By Clara Nabaa & Euronews Arabic, Euronews Persian

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31/07/2026 - 14:01 GMT+2

Yemen's Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi threatened Saudi Arabia with "full escalation," hours before Riyadh announced a new maritime defence coalition designed to counter the Iran-backed group's expanding campaign against Red Sea shipping.

"The indicators show that the Saudi side is heading towards full escalation, and we will respond to its full escalation with full escalation," al-Houthi said in a lengthy televised address on Thursday.