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“Turkey and Pakistan — which signed the Mecca Agreement in August vowing to defend Riyadh in case of an attack — have also declined to step up even after a Houthi drone was intercepted near the holy city.”

“The Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed their militia took out a Saudi fighter jet on Wednesday — as Riyadh said it intercepted a drone strike near the Muslim holy city of Mecca in a move that could further threaten stability in the Middle East.”

“Saudi Arabia’s air defenses downed a Houthi drone on Tuesday south of Mecca, outside the prohibited airspace over the city, Saudi-led military coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a statement on Wednesday, according to Reuters.”