saudi soil. is that correct? >> we are preparing for all eventualities inside the kingdom as well as outside the kingdom. we are determined to defend yemen, defend the legitimate government of yemen, degrade and destroy the capabilities of the houthis. >> are they in saudi arabia though right now, based on the last information you have received? >> we have almost four million yemenis in the kingdom of saudi arabia. we have to assume that most of them are innocent. so i don't want to prejudge any of this. >> but there's no battles going on on your soil as far as you know right now? >> not as far as i know. >> is this really for all practical purposes a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran which supports these shiite houthi rebels? >> this is really a war to defend legitimate government of yemen and protect the yemeni people from takeover by a radical militant group aligned with iran and hezbollah. the yemeni government has tried repeatedly over the past year to reason with them to negotiate with them to go through political process to resolve their differences peacefully and every time agreements were
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