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Yemen rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Huthi slammed a Saudi-led intervention against his Iran-backed forces Thursday as "unjustified," in his militia's first reaction since the air strikes were launched overnight.
"The criminal oppressive aggression is completely unjustified," Huthi said in a televised speech, accusing Saudi Arabia of being a "neighbour of evil".