UN says missiles fired at Saudi Arabia have a 'common origin,' as US blames Iran
Houthi Shiite fighters guard a street leading to the residence of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen New York, The Sunday Morning Herald, Dec. 10, 2017 - United Nations officials have found that missiles fired at Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthi rebels appear to have a 'common origin,' but they are still investigating U.S. and Saudi claims that Iran supplied them, according to a confidential report. The officials travelled to Saudi Arabia to examine the debris of missiles fired on July 22 and November 4, wrote UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the fourth biannual report on the implementation of UN sanctions and restrictions on Iran. They found 'that the missiles had similar structural and manufacturing features which suggest a common origin,' said Guterres in the Friday report to the UN Security Council, seen by Reuters on Saturday. The report comes amid calls by the United States for Iran to be held accountable for v...