Saudi Arabia says its oil infrastructure attacked by drones

Saudi Arabia says drones attacked one of its oil pipelines as other assaults target energy infrastructure elsewhere in the kingdom, shortly after Yemen’s rebels claim a coordinated drone attack on the Sunni power.

The assaults mark the latest incidents challenging Mideast security after the alleged sabotage of oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates earlier this week amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran.

In a statement carried on the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih says drones attacked a petroleum pumping station supplying a pipeline running from its oil-rich Eastern Province to the Yanbu Port on the Red Sea.

— AP

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