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Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles, drones; Iran-aligned group denies targeting Mecca
- Newsrooms
- 4
- Last 3 hours
- 3 reports
- Momentum
- Surging
1 in the 3 before
Rising
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Against the past week
More newsrooms than 76% of the past week’s 3934 stories, and number 307 of 1674 in News.Part of a bigger story
Saudi: 6 developments since Sat 7 Nov.Related
(shares Houthi and Saudi Arabia)
1File photo: Mecca
Hostilities between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia have worsened.
In The Straits Times’s words.2
Background: Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and is the capital of Mecca Province. Mecca is considered the birthplace of Islam and the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as being the holiest city in Islam.3
The bigger story: Saudi
6 developments since Sat 7 Nov. 5 more since this one.
Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles, drones; group denies targeting Mecca
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- Saudi air defences intercept Houthi cruise missiles launched toward Riyadh
21 newsrooms. Linked by Saudi, attack, capital, damage, build, missile
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1 newsroom. Linked by Saudi, Arabia, leave, missile, attack
- Saudi Arabia reports new attack on key East-West pipeline
2 newsrooms. Linked by Saudi, ministry
- Yemen government forces claim new advances as Houthi border attacks resume
1 newsroom. Linked by Houthi, Yemen, government, forces
- Explosions heard in Saudi capital Riyadh: AFP journalists
1 newsroom. Linked by Riyadh, Saudi, explosions, capital
The story so far
4 newsroomsRising- Reports
- 9
- Newsrooms and sources
- 4
- Last 3 hours
- 3
Rising: more reports in the last three hours than the three before (3 in the last three hours, 1 in the three before).
First with it: Middle East Eye, 2 days before anyone else.
Reported by 4 newsrooms.
Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: Hindustan Times and The Straits Times (the same headline).
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Stories |
|---|---|
| Thu | 0 |
| Fri | 0 |
| Sat | 1 |
| Sun | 0 |
| Mon | 3 |
| Tue | 1 |
| Today | 4 |
Where the coverage is from
How it spread
Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.
Middle East Eye
France 24
Hindustan Times
The Daily Caller
Middle East Eye
The Daily Caller
France 24
Hindustan Times