Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Sweden will soon return to Stockholm, Swedish officials said Saturday, more than two weeks after he was recalled home amid a diplomatic spat over human rights.

"I'm very pleased that we can resume our normal diplomatic ties," Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem told reporters.

An Arab summit expected to back a Saudi-led offensive against Yemeni rebels and approve a joint military force began in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman vowed that the military intervention his country is leading against Shiite rebels in Yemen will continue until it brings "security" to the Yemeni people.

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour accused on Saturday the Syrian regime of committing assassinations in Lebanon, expressing fear that the presidential crisis could lead to a “constitutional vortex.”

“I believe that when (Syrian President Bashar) Assad feels that he is militarily comfortable he will have more time to tamper with the situation in Lebanon,” Abou Faour said in an interview with the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat.

Saudi warships evacuated dozens of foreign diplomats from Yemen's main southern city Aden hours before the kingdom launched an air war on advancing Shiite rebels, state media announced on Saturday.

The official SPA news agency said that 86 people had been pulled out on Wednesday.

The U.S. military has rescued two Saudi pilots who ejected from their jet off Yemen's coast, as the kingdom launched air strikes on rebel camps in its violence-wracked neighbor, officials said Friday.

The Saudi F-15 fighter jet appeared to be participating in the operations in Yemen, though a U.S. defense official declined to confirm why the men ejected from the plane or why it went down in international waters late Thursday.

Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday offered Britain's "firm political support" to Saudi Arabia over its air strikes on rebel camps in Yemen.

Cameron and Saudi Arabia's King Salman spoke for the first time since the monarch came to the throne in January, with the prime minister giving his clear backing to the action.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri lashed out on Saturday at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, despite confirming that the dialogue will continue to preserve Lebanon's interests.

“The Lebanese listened tonight (Friday) to a storm of hatred against Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states in response to the Decisive Storm military intervention that aims to prevent the Iranian infiltration to Yemen,” Hariri said on his account via Twitter.

United Arab Emirates warplanes "intensively" participated in air strikes against Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen Friday, the Saudi-led coalition said.

All members of the Arab coalition contributed to the operation but "Emirati air forces participated intensively," spokesman General Ahmed Assiri told reporters in Riyadh.

Pakistan is ready to defend Saudi Arabia's "territorial integrity" but has not yet decided to join Riyadh's coalition fighting Yemen rebels, Islamabad's defense minister said Friday.

Saudi Arabia began air strikes in Yemen on Thursday to defend the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi from advancing Shiite Huthi rebels.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed rebel camps in Yemen Friday in a second day of strikes as embattled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi arrived in Egypt for talks with Arab allies.

A months-long rebellion by Shiite fighters has escalated into a regional conflict that threatens to tear apart the impoverished state at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.