Saudi-Led Coalition Says Houthis Attacked Power Station for Prophet's Mosque in Medina - BusinessWorld Online
The coalition said drone wreckage confirmed Houthi involvement after the strike put one transformer out of service at the station.
- On Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition reported that Houthi forces attacked a power distribution station in Medina, damaging a transformer serving the Prophet's Mosque.
- The coalition claims repeated attempts to target the Two Holy Mosques are intended to "provoke" Muslims worldwide, characterizing a pattern of escalating attacks.
- While the coalition confirmed Houthi involvement through drone wreckage examination, a Houthi-run Saba news agency source denied the accusation, calling it a "lie."
- Prompting Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg to warn of "grave risks" to civilians, hostilities have escalated to their most serious level since the 2022 UN-brokered truce.
- Saudi Arabia has responded with airstrikes in Yemen against the Iran-aligned Houthis, who resumed fighting this year after declaring a naval blockade on Saudi territory.
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Saudi Arabia accused the Houthis on Thursday of targeting an electrical infrastructure that fed the Prophet's mosque in the holy city of Medina on Tuesday, the second such charge after the one against Mecca in September. Yemen, Qatar, Turkey, Sudan and the Arab League condemned this attack while Yemeni pro-Iranian rebels denied any responsibility.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen accused the Houthis on Thursday of attacking a power station in the holy city of Medina. The station supplies power to the Mosque of the Prophets, one of the holiest sites in Islam.
Arab Saudi tuduh Houthi sengaja cetus provokasi terhadap umat Islam dengan sasar kota suci Makkah dan Madinah.
Houthis attack power station in Medina supplying Prophet’s Mosque
RIYADH - The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said Thursday that a Houthi drone attack targeted the Taibah power distribution station in Madinah, a civilian facility that supplies electricity to the Prophet’s Mosque.
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