Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed Houthi drone over Medina region
Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen's Houthis over Saudi Arabia's Medina region, home to one of Islam's holiest sites and visited by millions of Muslim pilgrims each year. Cross-border attacks between the Saudi-led coalition, which backs Yemen's internationally recognised government, and the Iran-aligned Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa, have intensified, opening another front in the US-Israeli war on Iran. (Reporting by Enas Alashray;)
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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 3 describes the same coalition announcement but places the downed drone in the Mecca region, while Report 1 says Medina; Report 2 concerns a separate Makkah-region interception, and Report 4 is
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