The UN Security Council has agreed to extend sanctions on the Iran-allied Houthis, Al Jazeera reported on 12 November.
According to Al Jazeera, the Council's statement said:
"The resolution condemns the military escalation by the Houthis, their maritime and cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia, and their threats to commercial shipping vessels"
The statement also backed the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree has rejected as a "grave falsehood" a Saudi assertion that the group targeted the Mecca region on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reports.
Riyadh says it has rerouted about 4m barrels of crude a day through its East-West Pipeline to Yanbu. Al Jazeera puts that at about 4% of global supply. The figure has not been independently checked.