Saudi minister denounces Iran's "interventions" in Middle East

14 Jan 2021; MEMO: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Thursday denounced Iran's "interventions" in the Middle East region, after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Reuters reports.

Speaking at a joint news conference in Moscow with Lavrov, broadcast on Saudi TV, the Saudi minister said Tehran's proxy militias were obstructing a solution for the war in Syria.

He also accused the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen of obstructing peace efforts in that country.