# Report Claims Saudi Arabia Launched and Intercepted Drone Near Mecca

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2100329311026753770
- Source account: [@s_lh_naser](https://x.com/s_lh_naser)
- Source language: Hebrew
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:12
- Published: 2026-09-16
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca) Tell me, could Saudi Arabia be firing at itself?

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=3) Could it? Could Saudi Arabia launch a drone at the city of Mecca?

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=7) Could it? It could. Yes. What are we talking about here?

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=11) We’re talking— Because I read your report twice and thought, maybe I’m not seeing this right.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=15) A report in the Arab world says the following.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=17) It sounds surreal, but according to the report, Saudi Arabia is actually the one that, uh, launched a drone toward Mecca and also intercepted it. A Chinese-made drone. And why is it doing this?

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=29) It understands that right now, no one is helping it. It turns to countries, and they don’t help it.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=33) The Mecca alliance it signed with Turkey and Pakistan isn’t really getting anywhere, so they’re trying to show, look, all the Muslims are attacking the city that is sacred to us. Come help us.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=44) Now, one more thing can be said about this. Eight years ago, when the Houthis fired a missile that reached the area, the Houthis themselves said, “We didn’t fire at Mecca, we fired at another area.”

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=54) That’s right, it set off sirens there, but we didn’t fire in that direction.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=57) We didn’t fire at Mecca. We didn't aim in that direction. Here, we don't hear the Houthis trying to distance themselves from this incident, which further reinforces this incident.

[1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=64) Maybe that's how the Saudis think they'll be able to appease.

[1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=67) Saudi Arabia is a little desperate, isn't it?

[1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/808glUVgYvR9/en/report-claims-saudi-arabia-launched-and-intercepted-drone-near-mecca?t=68) Very desperate. Tell me, there's more.