Two major Saudi oil facilities attacked, fingers pointing at Iran
Two major Saudi oil facilities attacked, fingers pointing at Iran Scenes of a Saturday attack targeting large oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, September 15, 2019 —Two large oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia, including an Aramco site, were targeted in a significant attack on Saturday morning local time. The Saudi state news agency emphasized the fire resulting from these attacks have been contained. The Houthi militias in Yemen, supported by Iran’s regime, claimed responsibility for this attack, saying they launched drones for this latest strike that has once again raised tensions across this already volatile area of the globe. Various reports are circulating and accusing Iran of launching these attacks through its proxies in southern Iraq, saying this latest strike was carried out with cruise missiles, not drones. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, “Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while Rouhani and Zarif pretend to engage...