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Fighting between Yemen's Houthi movement and Saudi-backed/Saudi-led coalition forces has sharply escalated, with Houthi ballistic missiles reportedly targeting Riyadh (hitting a fuel depot near the airport), Saudi forces shooting down a Houthi drone near Mecca and another over Taiz, and a Saudi F-15 confirmed shot down by Houthi forces. Saudi-led coalition airstrikes have hit Taiz and a market near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, as Houthi forces advance across Yemen's Red Sea coast and push into the country's highlands; Trump is reported to have called off US airstrikes even as Saudi strikes continue. Houthi leaders have issued a joint warning threatening to strike deep into Saudi energy infrastructure and