Houthis deny striking Medina power station as UAE condemns reported attack
A Houthi military source told the Saba news agency that reports of an attack on a power station in Medina, Saudi Arabia, are false, calling them a fabrication with no basis. The UAE, however, condemned in the strongest terms what it described as a Houthi drone strike on the Taiba electricity distribution station in the city, according to Sky News Arabia. The available material includes no independent confirmation of either account.
Why it matters
The incident concerns an energy facility in Islam's second holiest city, so any confirmed attack on it would be a highly sensitive regional and religious escalation. The accounts remain contradictory, while the UAE's stance adds a wider Gulf dimension to the story.
Background
Medina is one of Islam's holiest cities and lies in Saudi Arabia. The Houthis are an armed Yemeni group, and Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition that backs Yemen's internationally recognized government. The conflicting accounts emerge against the backdrop of that conflict.
Key points
- The spokesman for the "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen", Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, announced on Thursday what he described as a "terrorist attack" by the Houthis on the Taybah electricity distribution station, according to CNN…
How outlets covered it
RT Arabic centered on the Houthi denial, quoting a Houthi military source who told the Saba agency that the reports have no basis, and it put the words "targeting" and "shelling" in quotation marks in its headline. Sky News Arabia highlighted the UAE's condemnation, and its text says the attack was carried out by a drone. CNN Arabic focused on the announcement by the spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition of what he called a "terrorist attack"; the excerpt provided does not mention how the attack was carried out. The accounts thus diverge between a Houthi denial and attribution of the attack to the Houthis by the coalition and the UAE, and none of the three texts offers independent confirmation.
How outlets headlined it
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