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Top Saudi cleric urges troops to defend against the Houthis, and other Mideast developments

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Saudi Arabia’s top cleric has issued a rare statement, calling on the kingdom’s troops to defend the country from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen. Israel’s military, meanwhile, said two soldiers were killed in Gaza while inspecting an unexploded Israeli drone.

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    Saudi Arabia’s top cleric has issued a rare statement, calling on the kingdom’s troops to defend the country from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen. Israel’s military, meanwhile, said two soldiers were killed in Gaza while inspecting an unexploded Israeli drone.

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