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UK to refuel Saudi jets to help counter Houthi attacks



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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoBritish Prime Minister Andy Burnham gives a speech during a reception at 10 Downing Street in London on Monday [Jonathan Brady/Pool via Reuters]By AFP, AP and ReutersPublished On 22 Sep 202622 Sep 2026The United Kingdom has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to help it repel attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, according to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Speaking to reporters as he flew to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday, Burnham said he had agreed that the Royal Air Force would provide air-to-air refuelling of Saudi planes.

“We have received a request from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for military support, and on the advice of the defence secretary and the foreign secretary, last night I agreed to that request for defensive air-to-air refuelling,” he said.

The agreement is “time-limited” and will be kept under review, he added.

Saudi Arabia had asked for support from the UK after the conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-backed government reignited in recent weeks.

The Houthis have launched missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia, including one that targeted Riyadh on Saturday before being intercepted.

They have also advanced inside Yemen, seizing the crucial port city of Mocha and key Red Sea islands, allowing them to better monitor shipping traffic through the Bab al-Mandeb, through which some 12 percent of world trade normally passes.

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