# Yemen's Houthis claim they shot down Saudi fighter jet, deny targeting Mecca

https://mins.news/en/item/60646

- euronews, 2026-09-16 09:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/16/yemens-houthis-claim-they-shot-down-saudi-fighter-jet-deny-targeting-mecca

> Yemen’s Houthis claim to have shot down a Saudi fighter jet and deny targeting Mecca. Saudi Arabia had vowed to take “deterrent measures” after alerts warned of possible drone attacks near Islam’s holiest site—the first such alerts since the Iran war began in February.

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