Smoke from an Aramco oil plant in Abqaiq following the attacks.
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The missiles used in the attacks on the Saudi Aramco facility, for which the Tehran-backed youth group, backed by Tehran, took responsibility, were made in Iran, a Saudi minister said.
“All the missiles and drones that entered Saudi Arabia are manufactured or supplied by Iran,” Adel Al-Jubeir, the state’s foreign minister, said in a statement. Arab News interview published on Friday afternoon. “Some of them, as I said, came from the north; many came from the sea. “
The Houthis said earlier Friday that they had hit an Aramco refinery in the Saudi capital using six drones loaded with bombs. The news agency said the attack, which took place at 6:05 a.m. local time, caused a fire that was subsequently controlled, with no impact on oil supplies or derivatives.
Read: Saudi Arabia promises to protect oil facilities after the drone attack
This month, Saudi Arabia intercepted a drone dam targeting its oil infrastructure. Development pushed oil prices to more than $ 70 a barrel for the first time since January 2020.
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia rarely lose their lives or cause significant damage, but their frequency has increased in recent months, creating unrest 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 could be on its way to normalization of connections.