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Iran hosts Saudi defence pact states as Houthis launch more attacks

By Andrew Mills, Ariba Shahid and Menna AlaaElDin DOHA/KARACHI/CAIRO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan were due in Iran on Monday in a push to de-escalate the regional conflict now afflicting the Gulf kingdom, as Yemen's Houthis launched further attacks on Riyadh's airport and Saudi oil facilities. The talks were the first high-level contact between Iran and the three nations — which signed the Mecca mutual defence pact in August — since a war that began wi