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Saudi issues 'potential danger' warning for Mecca

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The Saudi Arabian authorities have issued warnings of potential danger in Mecca and surrounding areas, including Jeddah and Taif, following attacks on the kingdom's oil infrastructure and airports. Additionally, a legal warning was issued against sharing images or information related to "countering missiles and drones." The Gulf kingdom has been under attack from Iran-backed Houthi fighters in recent weeks as part of the ongoing civil war in Yemen. The group has targeted Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure and airpo…

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  • The Saudi Arabian authorities have issued warnings of potential danger in Mecca and surro…: The Saudi Arabian authorities have issued warnings of potential danger in Mecca and surrounding areas, including Jeddah and Taif, following attacks on the kingdom's oil infrastructure and airports.
  • Additionally, a legal warning was issued against sharing images or information related to…: Additionally, a legal warning was issued against sharing images or information related to "countering missiles and drones." The Gulf kingdom has been under attack from Iran-backed Houthi fighters in recent weeks as part of the ongoing civil
  • The group has targeted Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure and airports, including an attac…: The group has targeted Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure and airports, including an attack on Riyadh airport earlier this month that killed 13 people and injured dozens more.

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The alerts, which also covered the major Red Sea city of Jeddah, nearby Taif and the coastal oil hub of Yanbu, were all rescinded minutes later.

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Residents were instructed to "proceed to the nearest safe place" by the agency. The agency also repeated a legal warning against sharing images or information related to "countering missiles and drones".

The Gulf kingdom has come under repeated attack from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis in recent weeks as part of the latter country's revived civil war.

The group, which is fighting the Saudi-backed internationally recognised government, has targeted the kingdom's oil infrastructure as well as its airports.

An attack on Riyadh airport earlier this month killed 13 people and wounded dozens more.

Riyadh leads a military coalition that first intervened in the conflict, which has devastated Yemen and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, in 2015. The war had been dormant since a ceasefire in 2022, but erupted again in July as the wider Middle East war roiled the region.

Intercepting attacks

The alerts came after Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said it destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-aligned group towards Taif and Yanbu on Saturday, as fighting between the sides continued.Also Read: India extends assistance to its nationals, especially Umrah pilgrims, stranded in Saudi Arabia

The interceptions came two days after the Houthis said they had attacked Saudi Arabia's defence ministry in Riyadh, facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco in the Red Sea city of Yanbu and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, where Saudi authorities said two people were killed.

Original source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

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