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Mecca Put On Air Raid Alert For 1st Time, Houthis Claim They Shot Down Saudi Jet

By The Local News Desk•1 min read•Verified Report

NDTV

Source Attribution: Sourced & synthesized with reference to primary wire reporting.

The unprecedented alert was triggered after the kingdom was repeatedly targeted by the Iran-backed Houthis in recent days.

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