Iran-backed Iraqi militias launch drone attack on Saudi oil facilities, says kingdom’s army

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Saudi Arabia was attacked by drones launched by Iran-backed militias in Iraq, says the kingdom’s Defense Ministry spokesman, Major General Turki Al-Maliki.

He says that air defenses destroyed the drones, which were targeting oil facilities in the Eastern Province and in Riyadh.

Maliki stresses that Saudi Arabia has the right “to respond at the appropriate time and place.”

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