Fighting intensifies in Yemen as Houthis deny targeting Mecca

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Yemen’s Houthis have rejected Saudi claims that they targeted Islam’s holiest city, Mecca, as casualties surge in the war between the internationally recognised government and the Iran-allied Houthis. A Houthi spokesperson on Wednesday denied what he called Saudi “lies” that the Iran-allied group had launched a drone towards Mecca, saying instead that a drone was launched at a pumping station in Yanbu on the Red Sea, and Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was targeted with three cruise missiles. Earlier, Saudi-led coalition forces said they had intercepted three cruise missiles launched towards Riyadh, along with drones launched towards Mecca and Saudi Arabia’s southern regions.