Yemen's Houthis denied carrying out an attack on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, shortly after Riyadh said it had intercepted a missile targeting the region around the holy city of Medina. Riyadh also accused Tehran of stoking tensions between the Houthis and government forces in the latest escalation.
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis on Thursday said it had intercepted a cruise missile in the Medina region – home to one of Islam's holiest cities, but the Houthis denied carrying out any such attack.