Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of targeting Mecca, calls it a 'red line'

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Saudi Arabia has accused Yemen's Houthi rebels of attacking the holy city of Mecca, which the rebels have denied. Declaring Mecca a red line, Saudi Arabia is intensifying its stance as it faces large-scale Houthi strikes amid the wider Iran-related conflict in the region.

Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday of launching an attack on the holy city of Mecca, which the Iran-backed rebels denied. Saudi Arabia, a US ally which has been the target of large-scale Houthi strikes since early September, declared Mecca a “red line” as it slid deeper into the new front of the Iran war.