Saudis Threaten Retaliation After Alleged Houthi Drone Attack On Mecca Crosses "Red Line"

Saudis Threaten Retaliation After Alleged Houthi Drone Attack On Mecca Crosses "Red Line" Escalation in the Gulf area conflict certainly appeared overnight after Saudi Arabia accused Iran-backed Houthi rebels of targeting Mecca with a one-way attack drone, raising the risk of a deeper conflict as the kingdom's East-West pipeline was knocked offline last week. Bloomberg quoted the Saudi-led coalition, which said an attack drone was intercepted heading toward Islam's holiest city and warned that protecting religious sites was a "red line." "The security of the Two Holy Mosques and the pilgrims is...