Houthis deny drone attack on Saudi's Medina region, call claim fabricated
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- ✓Yemen’s Houthi group denied a drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Medina region after the Saudi-led coalition claimed they intercepted an aircraft.
- ✓Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said, "The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that they have not carried out any operation directed towards the Saudi interior." The group called the claims fabricated.
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Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group has strongly rejected accusations of deploying a drone towards the Medina region, following a declaration by the Saudi-led military coalition that an unmanned aircraft had been intercepted and destroyed above the area amid a widening regional conflict tied to the US-Israeli war.
The Houthis dismissed the coalition's version of events, accusing Riyadh of fabricating claims of a hostile assault. This latest diplomatic and military friction unfolds against a backdrop of cross-border strikes hitting critical petroleum sites, military facilities and aviation hubs, exacerbating international anxiety over the spillover of hostilities.
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