Smoke from an Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq after the attacks.
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The missiles used in the attacks on Saudi Aramco’s facilities, for which the Tehran-backed Youthen-supported Houthi group took responsibility, were made in Iran, a Saudi minister said.
“All missiles and drones that have arrived in Saudi Arabia are manufactured or supplied by Iran,” said Adel Al-Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, in a statement. interview with Arab News published on Friday afternoon. “Several of them, as we have already said, came from the north; several came from the sea. “
The Houthis said on Friday they attacked an Aramco refinery in the Saudi capital using six bomb-loaded drones. The state news agency reported that the attack, which occurred at 6:05 am local time, caused a fire that was subsequently controlled without impacting the supply of oil or oil products.
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This month, Saudi Arabia intercepted a flood of drones targeting its oil infrastructure. The development pushed oil prices to more than $ 70 a barrel for the first time since January 2020.
Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia rarely claim lives or cause major damage, but their frequency has increased in recent months, creating discomfort in the Gulf, a key region for global oil production and transit.
Al-Jubeir also said that Saudi Arabia’s position on normalization with Israel remains subject to the establishment of a Palestinian state. Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia may be on its way to normalizing loops.