Towards Mecca... The Houthi military spokesman responds to Saudi Arabia’s announcement of shooting down missiles targeting Islamic holy sites

The military spokesman for the Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen, Yahya Saree, responded to Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it shot down two ballistic missiles towards Mecca, on Thursday.

This was stated in a report published by Al-Masirah Channel, affiliated with the Houthi group, on Thursday, in which it said: “General Saree denied what Saudi Arabia is constantly promoting regarding the interception of two missiles in the atmosphere of Mecca, describing it as a ‘great slander’, pointing out that the Yemeni armed forces are targeting Saudi oil and military installations, and that Riyadh resorts, after every successful operation and the failure of its systems to intercept, to fabricate narratives related to the holy sites to justify its failure and stir up opinion.” The year...”

Saree stressed, according to the channel, that “talk about intercepting missiles over the airspace of Mecca comes within the framework of a campaign of lies and slander in the name of sanctities, in an attempt to cover up the strikes targeting Saudi facilities.”

The Saudi Civil Defense had previously announced that fragments of two ballistic missiles had fallen after they were intercepted and destroyed. They were launched by the Houthi group towards the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region, including fragments on the village of Sabouha.

It is noteworthy that the Saudi authorities announced several times during the recent period the interception of missiles that they said were launched by the Iranian-backed Houthis towards Mecca and Medina, while the group denied it.