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

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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)

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