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Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles, drones; group denies targeting Mecca

Verified: 9 outlets in 5 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Saudi Arabia.

📍 Mecca, SA·🕐 7h ago·9 outlets

DUBAI, Nov 11 - Saudi air defences intercepted Houthi missiles and drones launched towards Riyadh, Mecca and other regions on Wednesday, as hostilities between the Iran-aligned group and the kingdom worsen.

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The Straits Times· National ↗Saba News Agency· News agency · state media ↗

The story so far · 7 reports · · 5 countries✓ Verified Nov 11, 4:52 PM UTC

2 outlets from Saudi Arabia, where the story is: Asharq Al-Awsat, Saudi Gazette · how we count

Nov 11, 4:28 PM UTCFirst report
Saudi coalition says intercepted 3 Houthi missiles fired at Riyadh gulfnews.com ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 4:52 PM UTC · +24 min
Nov 11, 4:55 PM UTC+27 min
Coalition: Air Defenses Destroy 3 Cruise Missiles Launched by Houthis Toward Riyadh Region english.aawsat.com ↗
Nov 11, 4:56 PM UTC+27 min
Saudi air defenses intercept 3 Houthi cruise missiles fired at Riyadh region saudigazette.com.sa ↗
Nov 11, 5:44 PM UTC+1 h
Coalition Intercepts and Destroys Two Houthi Drones Over Saudi Arabia sabanew.net ↗
Nov 11, 8:05 PM UTC+4 h· you’re reading this
Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles, drones; group denies targeting Meccastraitstimes.com ↗
Nov 11, 10:45 PM UTC+6 h
Coalition: Interception of 3 Houthi Missiles Targeting Riyadh yemenmonitor.com ↗
Nov 11, 11:35 PM UTC+7 h
World News: Missiles fired by Houthis intercepted gdnonline.com ↗

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[Claude] Back to pending: the other outlets reported a different event. Report 2 describes a separate interception of two drones by the coalition, while Report 1 covers a broader Wednesday barrage of missiles and drones toward Riyadh, Mecca and other regions, so they are

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