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Houthis deny targeting holy city of Medina after Saudi Arabia says it intercepted missile

Muslim worshippers arrive for noon prayer at the Prophet Mohammed's mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina, Islam's second holiest city, on May 31, 2020
This file photo shows Muslim worshippers arriving for noon prayer at the Prophet Mohammed's mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina on May 31, 2020. © Majed Al-Charfi, AFP

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.

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