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Rubio says US intends to live up to its commitments with Saudi Arabia
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- Rubio has repeatedly narrowed or reframed Trump's Houthi comments.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News Tuesday that the US intends to live up to its commitments with Saudi Arabia.
This comes amid heightened Saudi Arabia-Houthi tensions.
Earlier this month, the Houthis seized Yemen's entire Red Sea coast after capturing three strategic islands, then struck Saudi Arabian oil facilities with a large drone and missile attack.
According to Axios, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Trump twice asking for US strikes on the group, and Trump turned him down.
Trump then told reporters in Dublin that the Houthis had personally called the White House to say they didn't want to fight the US and asked Washington to stay out of it, adding that "everything's gonna work out fine and dandy."
He described MBS as a "friend" but offered no commitment to intervene, saying only that there was "one country" the Houthis weren't happy with and that the US would "get that straightened out."
Read more: Saudi Arabia restarts East-West oil pipeline after drone attacks: Reuters
