Houthi rebels in Yemen, backed by Iran, have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Iran-backed rebels have claimed responsibility for an attack using drones laden with explosives against crucial Saudi oil infrastructure in an incident described by Riyadh as terrorism.
Although no further details about the attack were provided, the broadcast promised “continued aggression” and further strikes. The strike came just one day after it emerged that two Saudi Arabian oil tankers, one Norwegian and one from the United Arab Emirates, were damaged near the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Saudi ally UAE.
Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Salam has said, following the most recent attack on Saudi’s overground pipeline infrastructure, that the Arabian monarchy must end its aggression in Yemen."Our goal is to respond to the crimes they are committing every day against the Yemeni people," Abdel-Salam told the AP.
“It cannot be a random attack. This is a very sophisticated operation that requires knowledge and planning,” Anas Alhajji, an adviser to oil companies and oil-producing nations, told the Financial Times.
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