Yemeni scholars call Saudi Mecca claim a ‘pure fabrication,’ say US bases are real threat to Mecca

Yemeni scholars have rejected as a “pure fabrication” Riyadh’s claim that Yemeni forces targeted the holy city of Mecca, saying the real danger to the Kaaba comes from US and Western military bases on Saudi soil and from the Saudi government's opening of the Land of the Two Holy Mosques to Zionist influence.