China也门胡塞武装称击落沙特武装直升机 沙特主导联军称拦截多架无人机
CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Yemen's Houthis said on October 17 that Saudi Arabian warplanes had carried out 53 airstrikes over the preceding 24 hours on the capital, Sanaa, and other locations, with strikes in the southwestern province of Taiz killing nine people. The Houthis also said that the group shot down a Saudi attack helicopter that day while it was conducting hostile operations near Najran in Saudi Arabia.
央视网消息（新闻联播）：也门胡塞武装17日表示，过去24小时，沙特阿拉伯战机对首都萨那等地发动了53次空袭，其中西南部塔伊兹省遭袭造成9人死亡。胡塞武装还称，该组织当天击落一架在沙特奈季兰附近地区实施敌对行动的沙特武装直升机。
Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led multinational coalition, said today, October 18, that a Saudi AH-6i helicopter crashed in the Najran area because of a technical malfunction, killing two people. The coalition also said that on October 17 it destroyed two ballistic missile launch platforms in Yemen's Saada Province and intercepted and destroyed four drones over Riyadh and other locations in Saudi Arabia.
沙特主导的多国联军发言人马利基今天（10月18日）说，沙特一架AH-6i型直升机因技术故障在奈季兰地区坠毁，造成2人死亡。联军方面还称，17日摧毁也门萨达省的两处弹道导弹发射平台，在沙特利雅得等地拦截并摧毁4架无人机。
According to Egyptian media reports, Egypt's parliament is scheduled to hold an emergency session today to consider whether to authorize defensive support for Saudi Arabia. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said the previous day that Egypt was ready to take measures to provide defensive support if requested by Saudi Arabia. Separately, Iranian media reported on October 17 that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks that day with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. Araghchi said Iran was willing to help end the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, and that military means were not a solution to the Yemen issue.
据埃及媒体报道，埃及议会定于今天召开紧急会议，审议是否授权向沙特提供防御支持。埃及总统塞西此前一天表示，如果沙特方面提出请求，埃及准备好采取措施提供防御支持。另据伊朗媒体17日报道，伊朗外长阿拉格齐当天与埃及外长阿卜杜勒阿提会谈。阿拉格齐表示，伊朗愿意帮助结束沙特与胡塞武装之间的冲突，军事手段不是也门问题的解决方案。