Middle East live: Saudi Arabia accuses Houthi rebels of launching a drone strike on Mecca
- Home Middle East Live Middle East Issued on: 16/09/2026 - 04:14Modified: 16/09/2026 - 04:35 By: (FILE) Faithful tour the sacred Kaaba in the Great Mosque of Mecca, the most sacred site of Islam, on June 27, 2023.
- © Sajjad Hussain, AFP Saudi Arabia's air defences claim to have intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday, which the Iran-aligned rebels denied.
- Meanwhile, several explosions were heard on the island of Qeshm, near the Strait of Hormuz.
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- Home Middle East Live Middle East Issued on: 16/09/2026 - 04:14Modified: 16/09/2026 - 04:35 By: (FILE) Faithful tour the sacred Kaaba in the Great Mosque of Mecca, the most sacred site of Islam, on June 27, 2023.
- © Sajjad Hussain, AFP Saudi Arabia's air defences claim to have intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday, which the Iran-aligned rebels denied.
- Meanwhile, several explosions were heard on the island of Qeshm, near the Strait of Hormuz.
Sources: France 24