Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed Houthi drone over Medina region

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The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone over Saudi Arabia’s Medina region. The incident comes amid intensified cross-border attacks in the wider conflict involving Yemen’s Houthis and the coalition backing Yemen’s internationally recognized government.

Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen's Houthis over Saudi Arabia's Medina region, home to one of Islam's holiest sites and visited by millions of Muslim pilgrims each year. Cross-border attacks between the Saudi-led coalition, which backs Yemen's internationally recognised government, and the Iran-aligned Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa, have intensified, opening another front in the US-Israeli war on Iran. (Reporting by Enas Alashray;)