(Reuters) -�Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on�Saudi�Arabia�to halt a two-week-old campaign of air strikes against Houthi fighters in�Yemen�and said countries in the region should work to bring Yemen's rival factions to the negotiating table.

"A great nation like�Yemen�will not submit to bombing. Come, let us all think about ending war. Let us think about a ceasefire," Rouhani said in a televised speech. "Let us prepare to bring Yemenis to the negotiating table to make decisions about their future."

Saudi Arabia�and a coalition that includes four other Gulf Arab states have waged air strikes against the�Iran-allied Houthis to try to drive them back from the southern city of Aden.�Iran�denies Saudi and U.S. accusations that it has armed the Houthis.

By Reuters