Riyadh/Sanaa: Saudi authorities continued investigating the destructive drone attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels against two Aramco facilities earlier this weekend.
The United States and the internationally recognized Yemeni government are accusing Iran of Saturday’s attack against Saudi state energy company Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, Efe news reported.
In Yemen, meanwhile, the Saudi-led military coalition is still bombing Houthi positions in the northwest part of the country.
On Saturday night, Aramco CEO Amin H. Nasser visited the site of the attack and reiterated that the company was working to restore production, which has been reduced by 5.7 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, which is 50 percent of the company’s full production.
Aramco emergency teams contained the fires caused by the attack, the company said in a statement.
The attack, which was carried out by 10 drones, has not only had a significant impact on the global economy and the world’s oil supply chain, but it has also made a profound mark on international politics, as the United States blamed Iran for backing the Houthis at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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