{"id":15641,"date":"2026-11-12T05:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15641"},"modified":"2026-11-12T05:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:03:19","slug":"fighting-intensifies-in-yemen-as-houthis-deny-targeting-mecca-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15641","title":{"rendered":"Fighting intensifies in Yemen as Houthis deny targeting Mecca | News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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World Health Organisation says more 320,000 people have been displaced in Yemen fighting since August 1.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By <\/span>News Agencies and Reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 12 Nov 2026<\/span>12 Nov 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yemen\u2019s Houthis have rejected Saudi claims that they targeted Islam\u2019s holiest city, Mecca, as casualties surge in the war between the internationally recognised government and the Iran-allied Houthis.<\/p>\n

A Houthi spokesperson on Wednesday denied what he called Saudi \u201clies\u201d that the Iran-allied group had launched a drone towards Mecca, saying instead that a drone was launched at a pumping station in Yanbu on the Red Sea, and Riyadh\u2019s King Khalid International Airport was targeted with three cruise missiles.<\/p>\n

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Earlier, Saudi-led coalition forces said they had intercepted three cruise missiles launched towards Riyadh, along with drones launched towards Mecca and Saudi Arabia\u2019s southern regions.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia\u2019s Civil Defence Authority said debris from the interception of two ballistic missiles fell in the village of Sabuhah in Mecca province.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis hostile targeting of civilian objects constitutes a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and reflects the dangerous hostile approach pursued by the Houthi militia,\u201d Saudi Arabia\u2019s civil defence said early on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Attacks on Aden<\/h2>\n

Suspected Houthi missile strikes in the kingdom came as fighting intensified inside Yemen between the Saudi-backed forces fighting on behalf of the internationally recognised government and Houthi fighters.<\/p>\n

At least 138 Houthi fighters were killed or wounded in hundreds of targeted attacks, according to Majed Abdullah al-Nuzaili, the spokesperson for Yemen\u2019s army.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, al-Nuzaili said Yemen\u2019s Saudi-backed army had carried out 773 field artillery attacks on top of 44 drone strikes and 37 rocket attacks in al-Jawf, Marib, al-Bayda and Taiz governorates.<\/p>\n

He also said Saudi-led coalition forces had conducted 23 air strikes against the Houthis, damaging 86 heavy weapons and military vehicles.<\/p>\n

Despite their successes on the field on various fronts, the Saudi-backed forces have failed to stop Houthi attacks on the al-Buraiqa district in Aden, where the internationally recognised government is based.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe repeated shelling by the terrorist Houthi militia on the city of Aden, most recently targeting the densely populated al-Buraiqa district, reflects the militia\u2019s established pattern of targeting civilians and terrorising innocent people,\u201d Minister of Information Salem al-Awalqi said in a social media post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese assaults will fail to break the will of the people of Aden or undermine their resilience; rather, they will only strengthen their resolve to confront the aggression and defend their city,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Yemen\u2019s Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said his forces had \u201csuccessfully targeted\u201d a Saudi coalition military command and control centre in Aden\u2019s al-Buraiqa district with \u201cseveral ballistic missiles\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a Telegram post, Saree said the facility was responsible for directing and overseeing Saudi military reinforcements across active fronts in Lahij, al-Dhale, Taiz and other governorates.<\/p>\n

Rising casualties<\/h2>\n

Casualties from the fighting in Yemen have risen sharply to 11,755, including 2,098 killed and 9,657 wounded, as of November 8, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n

The United Nations agency said that more than 2,000 casualties were recorded in just nine days, with Marib and Lahij among the worst affected governorates.<\/p>\n

More than 320,000 people have been displaced as a result of fighting since August 1, including almost 16,000 forced to flee their homes in the past week, it said.<\/p>\n

The WHO said strikes have also hit health facilities and ambulances, and warned that critical fuel shortages are disrupting emergency medical services in Taiz.<\/p>\n

Despite the delivery of medical supplies and a vaccination campaign targeting nearly one million children, major gaps remain in trauma care, rehabilitation, and mental health services, it said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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