The United States will not launch an "offensive strike" against the Shiite Ansar Allah movement in Yemen, also known as the Houthis, in support of Saudi Arabia.
"There was no offensive attack," a US.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stressed that the US will not engage in any direct attacks on Houthi positions in Yemen.
The US believes Saudi Arabia now has everything it needs to counter the Houthis, another US official said, citing the assistance as including expanded intelligence sharing and targeting data.
Meanwhile, Lebanese media outlet Al Mayadeen that Saudi Arabia was trying to reach an agreement with the Houthi group through the help of intermediaries.
Before hostilities and mutual attacks between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia escalated again in mid-June, Yemen had demanded a series of conditions from Riyadh.
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