September 16, 2026 10:41 AM
Houthi drone intercepted near Makkah, says Saudi Arabia; Houthis deny targeting the Holy City of Islam
Saudi Arabia has said that its air defences intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone near Makkah on Tuesday evening, before it entered the restricted airspace over the Holy City. According to the spokesperson for the ‘Coalition Forces to Support Legitimacy in Yemen', Major General Turki Al-Maliki, the drone was intercepted at around 6:50 p.m. local time on Tuesday. He described the incident as the second attempted Houthi attack on Makkah, referring to an earlier ballistic missile incident in ...