Saudi coalition says Houthi drone destroyed near Mecca
- Saudi Arabia said it intercepted and destroyed a drone Tuesday before it entered airspace over Mecca, Islam's holiest city about 1,100 kilometers from Yemen's border.
- In a lightning offensive last week, the Houthis seized Yemen's entire Red Sea coast and the Bab el-Mandeb strait, displacing 82,000 people since September.
- Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree denied firing drones toward Mecca, claiming "our operations target oil facilities and military bases," while accusing Saudi Arabia of launching 450 strikes.
- Vice President J.D. Vance said Monday Washington maintained "constant contact" with Saudis and held "direct conversations with the Houthis themselves," calling efforts "a very fluid and dynamic thing."
- Qatar warned Tuesday that closure of the Bab el-Mandeb would be "catastrophic for the entire world," as the strait remains vital to Saudi crude exports and European cargo routes.
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Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of launching attacks on Mecca
Saudi Arabia claimed that the Houthis, an Iranian-backed terrorist group, targeted Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, in an airstrike on Tuesday. Saudi air defense forces said they intercepted a Houthi drone on Tuesday evening in the airspace south of Mecca, destroying the strike drone before it could reach the city Muslims deem holy. Maj. Gen. Turki […]
Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels are intensifying their offensive against Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia stated that it shot down a Houthi drone targeting the Islamic holy city of Mecca, while the Houthis claimed to have struck facilities of the Saudi state-owned oil company. The Saudi-backed Yemeni government coalition forces are attacking the southwestern coast controlled by the Houthis.
Riad said he intercepted a drone launched by the Houthis, allies of Iran, while increasing pressure on his oil routes and still without concrete military support from his partners
On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia's military coalition accused Yemen's Houthis of having carried out a drone attack on the Holy City of Mecca, which these pro-Iranian fighters denied.
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