Houthis DENY Mecca Drone Attack In Exclusive Piers Morgan Interview

September 24, 2026

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In a rare and exclusive interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, senior Houthi official Nasser Al-Din Amer categorically denied that his group launched a drone attack near Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government had blamed the Houthis for the incident, which King Salman described as a "heinous crime." Amer countered that the accusation was baseless and politically motivated. "We have no interest to target holy places because they are Muslims, and these holy places are our holy places," he said through a translator. He suggested Israel could have been responsible, arguing that Israel has a motive to "incite against Muslims." When pressed on who else might have done it, Amer replied, "Maybe it could be Israel. There is a tense relationship. And they are desperate to incite against Muslims."

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Opening Challenge & Houthi Denial** - Piers Morgan directly asks the Houthi official if his group launched the drone attack on Mecca.
2 (05:04) **The Alternative Perpetrator Theory** - Piers presses for an alternative explanation for the drone if the Houthis didn't launch it.
3 (07:05) **Justifying the Red Sea Blockade** - The official explains the rationale behind attacking Saudi shipping as retaliation for a siege.
4 (09:35) **Confronting the "Death to America" Slogan** - Piers challenges the official on the Houthis' official slogan and its terrorist implications.
5 (13:08) **The Bab el-Mandeb Strait Strategy** - The discussion shifts to the global economic threat of controlling the strategic waterway.
6 (15:20) **Confronting the Humanitarian Crisis & UN Reports** - Piers counters the official's narrative with documented Houthi abuses.
7 (16:48) **Denying Iranian Puppetry** - The official attempts to clarify the relationship with Iran.

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Guests on this episode

Mohammad Marandi Robert Pape

Show Notes

The Houthis of Yemen are increasingly becoming a subject of major global concern. Having ramped up attacks on commercial shipping passing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, they pose a direct threat to international maritime trade and the global economy. As a vital passage supplementing the Strait of Hormuz, disruptions here risk driving global prices for oil and essential commodities significantly higher, carrying severe financial and political consequences worldwide.

Yet, the highest price of this ongoing crisis is borne by the Yemeni people. Amid 11 years of devastating civil war, an estimated 400,000 people have died from combat or famine, with thousands more forced to flee their homes as refugees. What is officially a domestic conflict between the Houthis and the Yemeni government has escalated into a broad regional war involving Saudi Arabia, backed by the United States, the UK, and Israel. With Saudi Arabia calling on the US for a renewed military campaign following a Houthi attack on Mecca, the world eagerly awaits President Donald Trump’s next move.

In a rare and exclusive interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, senior Houthi official Nasr al-Din Amer joins Piers Morgan to address these escalating tensions, the attacks in the Red Sea, and what comes next for Yemen and the region.

Piers is then joined by Tehran University’s Professor Mohammad Marandi, Middle East Forum chief strategist Jim Hanson and military analyst and political scientist Robert Pape.

(00:00.00) Introduction

(00:02:03) Naser Al-Din Amer on accusations of a Houthi attack on Mecca

(00:06:19) Houthis believe Saudi Arabia was planning a ground invasion

(00:09:16) Responding to claims of being a terrorist organisation

(00:13:08) What do the Houthis plan to do with the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

(00:20:56) What is the end game for the Houthis?

(00:26:51) Professor Marandi on the Houthis’ reluctance to admit who their allies are

30:57 Trump’s ‘annihilate Islamic republic’ UN speech

35:30 Jim Hanson argues President Trump’s plan is working

42:06 Marandi: ‘Your other guest is openly genocidal’

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