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Yemen's Houthis deny launching drone after coalition reports interception in Mecca region

Reuters
Yemen's Houthis deny launching drone after coalition reports interception in Mecca region

Oct 30 (Reuters) - Yemen's ‌Houthis denied launching any attack towards Saudi ​Arabia ‌on Friday, after the Saudi-led ‌coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed a drone ‌launched by the group over the Mecca region.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree dismissed the ⁠coalition's account as false ‌in a post on ⁠X, saying the group had ​not carried out any operation towards Saudi territory. ​He said its operations ​target ‌Saudi oil facilities and military ​bases.

The Iran-aligned Houthis have ⁠launched a series ‌of cross-border attacks ​against Saudi ​Arabia targeting military installations, airports and energy infrastructure.

The group has repeatedly denied targeting Mecca ‌and Medina, Islam's two holiest cities, rejecting previous Saudi-led ‌coalition ​accusations that it had launched drones towards the cities.

(Reporting by Hatem Maher and Tala Ramadan; ‌Editing by Neil Fullick)