The Latest: Saudi Arabia shows attack site it says Iran hit
Posted Sep 20, 2019 08:52:28 AM.
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BUQAYQ, Saudi Arabia — The Latest on tensions in the Persian Gulf (all times local):
3:50 p.m.
Saudi Arabia has taken journalists to the site of a missile-and-drone attack on a facility at the heart of the kingdom’s oil industry.
Journalists arrived Friday to Buqayq in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, home to the Abqaiq oil processing facility.
That facility was hit in an attack Sept. 14 that halved the kingdom’s oil production and has disrupted global energy supplies.
The U.S. alleges Iran carried out the attack. Saudi Arabia says the assault was “unquestionably sponsored by Iran.” Iran denies being involved in the attack and warns any retaliatory strike on it by the U.S. or the kingdom will result in “an all-out war.”
Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthi rebels claimed the assault, but analysts say the missiles used wouldn’t have enough range to reach the site from Yemen.
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1:55 p.m.
Kuwait says it has raised security levels at its ports given ongoing regional tensions following an attack on Saudi Arabia.
The state-run KUNA news agency reported the decision Friday, quoting Kuwait’s minister of commerce and industry as making the announcement.
Khaled al-Roudhan said it affected both commercial ports and oil facilities.
Small, oil-rich Kuwait separately has told its military to be on heightened alert since the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia.
That attack halved the kingdom’s oil production and has disrupted global energy supplies.
The U.S. alleges Iran carried out the attack. Saudi Arabia says the assault was “unquestionably sponsored by Iran.” Iran denies being involved in the attack and warns any retaliatory strike on it by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia will result in “an all-out war.”
The Associated Press
