Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday of launching a “cowardly” attack targeting Islam’s holy city of Mecca, sparking outrage across the Muslim world. The Houthis swiftly rejected as a “lie” Riyadh’s statement that it had shot down a drone heading towards Mecca, which attracts millions of pilgrims each year. FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell reports.
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