Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent
Sep 16, 2026 · 5 min · 6 segments
Saudi Arabian military claims to hgave destroyed a Houthi drone just south of Mecca, House of Representatives holds third successful vote to end the war in Iran, Congressional Budget Office reports…
Jesse LentHostThese are the armored vehicles of the enemy.
They spent their wealth against the cause of Allah, and it turned into a devastating outcome for them.
Their weapons are burning in the desert.
A Houthi fighter flanked by what the group claims are flaming Saudi Arabian military vehicles in the Yemeni government of Al Jaf.
In a video the group released earlier this week, translated and verified by Al Jazeera, Saudi Arabia's air defenses destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city, Saudi-led coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said today, according to Reuters.
The security of the two holy mosques and pilgrims is a red line, Malky said, warning that the coalition would take necessary deterrent measures against the Houthis, according to remarks published in the London-based publication Arab Weekly.
The Houthis have announced several major attacks on Saudi Arabia over the past week, including a strike on a Saudi airbase on Monday, which they said were in retaliation for an alleged 54 Saudi airstrikes on Yemen.
The airbase attack wounded 13 civilians, according to Saudi-led military coalition officials.
Saudi Arabian officials have blamed a separate pro-Iranian movement based in Iraq for an attack on Friday that knocked out one of the kingdom's most important oil transport routes, the East-West Pipeline, across the Arabian desert.
These are the armored vehicles of the enemy.
They spent their wealth against the cause of Allah, and it turned into a devastating outcome for them.
Their weapons are burning in the desert.
A Houthi fighter flanked by what the group claims are flaming Saudi Arabian military vehicles in the Yemeni government of Al Jaf.
In a video the group released earlier this week, translated and verified by Al Jazeera, Saudi Arabia's air defenses destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city, Saudi-led coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said today, according to Reuters.
The security of the two holy mosques and pilgrims is a red line, Malky said, warning that the coalition would take necessary deterrent measures against the Houthis, according to remarks published in the London-based publication Arab Weekly.
The Houthis have announced several major attacks on Saudi Arabia over the past week, including a strike on a Saudi airbase on Monday, which they said were in retaliation for an alleged 54 Saudi airstrikes on Yemen.
The airbase attack wounded 13 civilians, according to Saudi-led military coalition officials.
Saudi Arabian officials have blamed a separate pro-Iranian movement based in Iraq for an attack on Friday that knocked out one of the kingdom's most important oil transport routes, the East-West Pipeline, across the Arabian desert.
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