MOSCOW, Oct. 15 -- Russia says it has told the Houthi movement that strikes on civilian infrastructure are "unacceptable," and that nobody has asked it to mediate in a war that has now reached Saudi airports.

Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko told reporters on Wednesday that Moscow has "not received any specific requests for mediation so far," but remains "in contact with our Saudi friends" and has also passed its message to representatives of Ansar Allah, the Houthi movement's formal name, TASS reported. In a separate interview with RTVI, he said Russia "condemns attacks on any civilian facilities, on any civilian infrastructure," including those on Riyadh International Airport, and recalled that hostilities in Yemen "effectively...