Smoke from an Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq after attacks.
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Missiles used in the attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities, for which the Tehran-backed Houthi group from Yemen has claimed responsibility, have been made in Iran, a Saudi minister said.
“All missiles and drones that have entered Saudi Arabia have been manufactured or supplied by Iran,” said Adel Al-Jubeir, foreign minister, in a statement. interview with Arab News published Friday afternoon. “Several of them, as we have said, came from the north; several came from the sea. “
The Houthis said earlier Friday that they had hit an Aramco refinery in the Saudi capital using six bomb-laden drones. The state news agency said the attack, which took place at 6:05 a.m. local time, triggered a fire that was later kept under control without affecting oil supplies or derivatives.
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This month Saudi Arabia intercepted a barrage of drones targeting its oil infrastructure. The development pushed oil prices above $ 70 a barrel for the first time since January 2020.
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia rarely claim lives and rarely cause major damage, but their frequency has increased in recent months, sparking unrest in the Gulf, a region critical to global oil production and transit.
Al-Jubeir also said Saudi Arabia’s position on normalization with Israel remains dependent on the establishment of a Palestinian state. Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia may be heading for normalizing tires.