Houthis hit power grid supplying Prophet's Mosque in Madinah
A Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia damaged power equipment supplying the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, in the second attack in two weeks on the kingdom's holy cities. The drone attack took place on Tuesday morning and knocked a power transformer in Madinah out of service, said the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen. Examination of the drone wreckage "confirmed the involvement of the terrorist…
A drone attack by the Houthi militia damaged a power transformer that supplies electricity to the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The attack, which took place on Tuesday morning, was the second on the kingdom's holy cities in the past two weeks. Maj Gen Turki Al Malki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen, confirmed the involvement of the Houthi militia and condemned their "cowardly terrorist act."
The Saudi military had previously destroyed a Houthi drone south of Makkah before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city. The Prophet's Mosque and the Grand Mosque in Makkah are Islam's two holiest sites. The Gulf Co-operation Council's Secretary General, Jasem Al Budaiwi, called the attack a "grave escalation" and a violation of Islamic holy sites.
The UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the attack as a "flagrant violation of Saudi Arabia's sovereignty and a threat to its security and stability." Yemen is currently enduring its heaviest fighting in years between the Houthi rebels and government forces. The attacks on Saudi Arabia come amid the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
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