The Saudi-led coalition has accused Yemen’s Houthis of a drone attack on a power distribution station in Medina that supplies the Prophet’s Mosque, India Today reports.

Claims and denial

The coalition says one transformer was damaged but the wider grid was unaffected. The Houthis called the accusation a lie. Hours later they reported Saudi airstrikes on Sanaa, which Saudi Arabia did not immediately confirm.

Escalation

It is described as the sharpest flare-up since the 2022 truce, as fighting inside Yemen deepens a food crisis.