Pompeo blames Iran for major attack on Saudi oil facility amid high regional tensions
Pompeo blames Iran for major attack on Saudi oil facility amid high regional tensions originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday blamed Iran for a massive attack on a critical Saudi oil facility that has put the region on high alert.
Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen claimed responsibility for the assault, which was conducted using drones and hit the world’s largest oil processing facility hundreds of miles from the Saudi-Yemen border.
Saudi Aramco, the massive state-run firm, said oil production, at least temporarily, would be reduced to about 50% capacity, a difference of approximately 5.7 million barrels per day.
A senior official told ABC News more than 20 drones were used in the strike and that Iran definitely was behind it.
“It was Iran,” the senior official said. “Houthis are claiming credit for something they did not do.”