Saudi Arabia Calls Mecca a ‘Red Line’ After Alleged Houthi Drone Attack
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…
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.
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.
The US-Iran war has reached crisis point for Saudi Arabia and its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as the Houthis started firing at the kingdom on a near-daily basis this month. The hostilities had already pushed Saudi oil production to the lowest level in decades and they now threaten to complicate the kingdom’s multi-trillion dollar…
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen reportedly hit Saudi Arabia’s east/west pipeline with drones. President Trump did not strike the Houthi’s. Despite knowing oil prices would jump, President Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon to approach the issue carefully. Reuters, citing an Axios report based on two US officials, said Crown Prince…