The U.S. has released images they claim show Iran was behind the attack on Saudi oil facilities over the weekend, not the Houthi rebels in Yemen who claimed the strikes.
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At least 17 strikes hit two Aramco oil production facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais in eastern Saudi Arabia Saturday. The attack caused large fires at the factories, but no deaths have been reported. north or northwest. That would be consistent with an attack from Iran or Iraq, not Yemen, which lies to Saudi Arabia’s south. Some photos appeared to showhad been used and Houthi rebels acting alone would not have been capable of staging such a precise attack, according to the White House officialsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo directly accused Iran. “Amid all the calls for de-escalation, Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply,” Pompeo wrote on Twitter.
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