WorldSaudi Arabia accuses Houthis of targeting Mecca, warns of 'red line'

Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday of launching a “cowardly” attack aimed at Islam’s holy city of Mecca, provoking outrage across the Muslim world. The Houthis quickly rejected Riyadh’s claim that it had downed a drone heading toward Mecca, calling the statement a “lie.”

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