The Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned the strike as a "heinous" attack. Mecca is Islam's holiest site and the focal point of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Vote comes amid Republican call to impeach defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Plus a catnapped bodega cat in Brooklyn is returned homeDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning. Saudi Arabia’s air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca yesterday before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city. A…
The Houthis deny targeting the holy site as their Red Sea advances threaten oil supplies and widen a regional conflict shaped by the Iran war.
Saudi air defense forces just intercepted an explosive Houthi drone flying south of Mecca. The close call exposes the fatal strategic rot inside the “Mecca Pact” — Riyadh’s reliance on Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar for regional security. As this terrorist event has proven, this arrangement is an existential mirage. Must a Houthi-launched munition actually…
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) pushed back against the Iranian claim that an oil tanker struck a mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
