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The United States has announced That it will send troops to Saudi Arabia in The Wake of the attacks against the country, the oil infrastructure.

Minister of defense Mark Esper , told reporters the deployment of "inherently defensive". Total party-not decided on numbers yet.

Yemen, Iran-supported Houthi rebels have said they were behind the attacks against two oil facilities in the last week.

But the United States and Saudi Arabia have both accused Iran itself.

On Friday, President Trump announced new sanctions against Iran while signaling That he wanted to avoid a military conflict. The fresh sanctions That Mr. Trump described as "the highest level", is the focus of Iran's Central Bank and its sovereign wealth fund.

"I think the strong person approach, and The Thing That thickness, shows would show a little restraint," he told reporters in The Oval Office.

to beat But on Saturday, The Commander of the Iranian revolutionary guard corps (IRGC) has a different tone and said the country would try to destroy you "" every aggressor.

"Be Careful ," Maj-Gen Hossein Salami , said on state television. "We are after punishment, and we will continue until the complete destruction of the attacker. "

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had requested the help, Mr. Esper said.

He said That the U.S. forces would focus on the promotion of the air and missile defense systems and would "accelerate the delivery of military equipment" for both Nations.

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Joseph Dunford " deployment "moderate," and said it would not be a number in the thousands. He gave no further details about the nature of the forces That would be sent.

According to The New York Times when Reporter Mr. Esper asked if military strikes on Iran were still edited, the defense Minister replied: "That 's where we are right now. "

the strike hits the Abqaiq oil facility and the Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia a week ago, impact on the global oil supply.

On Wednesday, The Kingdom 's defence Ministry showed what he said were The Remains of the drones and cruise missiles to prove Iranian involvement. The country was still "work to know exactly the starting-point," a spokesman said.

The United States also said Iran was responsible. Senior officials have told US media they had evidence That the attacks originated in The South of Iran.

Iran has repeatedly any role in The Strikes is disputed, with President Hassan Rouhani of the attacks of calls for a reciprocal action by the "Yemenis".

"is the US in denial if it thinks That the Yemeni victims of the 4. 5 years of the worst War crimes would not do anything to fight back,"

On Wednesday, Secretary of state Mike Pompeo referred to the strike as "act of War ".

That Iran has no desire for War , but "we will not hesitate to defend ourselves".

Meanwhile, the Saudi state oil company Aramco, said it expects oil production back to pre-attack levels by the end of September.

connecting The multiple drones and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia 's oil facilities have exposed a large gap in his defense. Now, the US has its strategic allies, to help the has offered to plug the gap.

A US Navy destroyer is stationed in the Northern Gulf to intercept missiles coming from That direction. The Pentagon has also announced a further deployment of troops to Saudi Arabia , the country bolster its anti-missile defense systems.

More U.S. defensive equipment is sent to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, ends in the middle of the continuing tensions with its neighbours, Iran.

But the stationing of US troops in Saudi Arabia , has been controversial in The Past .

although they were invited in by the Saudi king, their presence was of Osama Bin Laden as a call to jihadists to resist what he called a Crusader invasion of the Arab Peninsula.

The Houthis have missiles, rockets and drones in populated areas in Saudi Arabia . They are In Conflict with Saudi-led coalition, the escape back a President who had urged The Rebels to when the Yemeni conflict escalated in March 2015.

Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia and an opponent of the USA That took part pulled out of a Treaty to limit Tehran's nuclear program after Mr Trump power.

US-Iran tensions have increased markedly this year.

The told US That Iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers in The Gulf in June and July, and four more in may. Tehran rejected the allegations in both cases.

Source of news: bbc.com