Saudi Air Defenses Thwarted Attack on Aramco

January 31, 2020

The Wall Street Journal:

Saudi Arabia’s air defense forces last week shot down missiles aimed at Saudi Aramco oil facilities, kingdom officials said Wednesday, after Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen said they had targeted the world’s most valuable company and other sites in Saudi Arabia.

The missile attacks came four months after a squad of drones carried out coordinated attacks on two of Saudi Arabia’s vital crude production sites and temporarily knocked out more than half of the country’s oil production capacity.

Yemeni rebels claimed responsibility for the attacks. Saudi Arabia and the U.S. blamed Iran, which backs the Houthi rebels, for the attacks. Iran has denied involvement.

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