09/09 6PM GMT - 5 Top Stories

These are the top headlines from Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily on Wednesday, 9th September at 6pm GMT.

- Pakistan warns Makkah defense pact could become operational after Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

- Houthis bring ‘nothing but suffering’ to Yemen, US says

- Iran says ‘prohibited zone’ near Hormuz to cover parts of Gulf of Oman and beyond

- Netanyahu says Iran ‘very close’ to collapse during visit to Israeli troops in Syria

- Saudi Arabia, Arab and Muslim states welcome UK trade ban on Israeli settlement goods

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