At War

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US-foreign institutions accused Minister Mike Pompeo Iran on Saturday, the drone attacks on Saudi oil.

He dismissed a claim by Yemen, Iran-supported Houthi rebels, who had attacked the two facilities, the state-owned company Aramco.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mr. Pompeo of "deception accused".

Saudi Arabia 's energy minister, said that strikes crude oil production had reduced to 5. 7 million barrels per day - about half of The Kingdom 's output.

correspondents say they have a significant impact on world oil prices.

The main Saudi stock exchange fell sharply, from 3% at the opening on Sunday, before he recovers.

Saturday's drone attacks hit Abqaiq, site of Aramco is the largest oil-processing facility and the Khurais oil field.

The Saudis are waging a Western-backed military coalition supporting the Yemeni government, in opposition to the Houthi rebel movement.

The attacks also come against the backdrop of the ongoing tensions between the US and Iran after US President Donald Trump is the lack of a deal to limit Iran's nuclear activities and the reinstatement of sanctions.

What has to say Mike Pompeo ?

In a tweet, he said there was "no evidence" that The Drones came from the Yemen.

He described The Attack as "an unprecedented attack on The World energy supply".

"We call on all Nations to publicly and unambiguously condemn the Iran attacks, the" Mr. Pompeo added.

The USA were their allies, to ensure supplies of energy markets continues to be good and "Iran is responsible for its aggression," he added.

The White house said Mr. Trump had offered to support US, to defend Saudi Arabia , itself.

What is behind his accusations?

Mr. Pompeo, provided no specific evidence for his accusations.

follow a pattern that the U.S. is blaming Iran for recent attacks with oil supplies in the region.

A Nasa satellite image shows smoke from the fire to the drone attacks

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.

If The Rebels provided they had The Drones out of Yemen, they would have flown for hundreds of miles.

An element of the Houthi statement on the attacks, however, thanks to "cooperation with the honorable people in the realm".

The Wall Street Journal said, study the experts, whether the attacks bodies could have been carried out, from the North - either by Iran or its Shi'a allies in Iraq , with cruise flight, instead of drones. If so, it seems unlikely that they would escape detection.

The Washington Post said the US government believed that the 15 buildings were damaged in Abqaiq, on the west-North -West-sides, not the South side facing Yemen.

A 2018 UN report to conclude that the Houthis' Qatef-1 suicide-drone was "virtually identical" to Iran, the Ababil-t, The Ababil-T is a low-tech drone with a maximum range of about 150 km (93 miles).

the distance from The nearest point of the Saudi Arabia -Yemen border to the next destination - Khurais - about 770km.

On Sunday, Iraq denied its territory had been used to the attacks.

what has been the reaction of Iran?

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif responded on Twitter, said that "the failure of the max-pressure, Sec Pompeo max illusion turn".

He was referring to the Trump administration, maximum pressure" campaign is targeting, said "the Iranian regime with sanctions.

Mr Zarif said that "the debt of Iran is not the end of the disaster" in Yemen.

Earlier, foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that Mr. Pompeo "are blind accusations and statements incomprehensible and pointless".

Mr Mousavi said that Saudi Arabia had "repeatedly against the Yemen" and that "the Yemeni people have shown resistance against aggression".

What has been said by Saudi Arabia ?

It has very little information from the two sites.

A spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen, said that investigations were still underway to determine who carried out The Attack .

the officials said there were no casualties.

Saudi state media reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had said Trump in a telephone conversation that The Kingdom was "to confront willing and able and deal with this terrorist aggression".

The Tadawul All-Shares Index lost 200 points when it opened on Sunday, but the 3% tested had to fall to about 1% loss by midday.

What was in the Houthi statement?

A military spokesman said The Rebels have 10 drones were deployed in the attacks.

Yahya Sarea said al-Masirah TV, owned by the Houthi Movement , based in Beirut, that the operations against Saudi targets would "only bigger and more painful than before, so long as you keep your aggression and blockade goes on".

the Saudi-led coalition airstrikes regularly Target Houthis in Yemen

He said on Saturday The Attack was one of the largest operations of the Houthi forces required had, in the interior of Saudi Arabia .

Yemen has been At War for 2015, to flee as President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi was forced to the capital city of Sanaa by the Houthis. Saudi Arabia assures President Hadi and led a coalition of States in the Region against The Rebels .

The Coalition starts air strikes almost Every Day , while the Houthis often fire rockets into Saudi Arabia .

Houthi fighters were made responsible for drone attacks on the Shaybah natural gas liquefaction plant in the last month, and on other oil facilities in may.

production cut world prices

analysis of the BBC's business correspondent, Katie Prescott

Aramco is not only The World 's largest oil producer, it is also one of The World 's most profitable companies.

The Khurais oil field produces about 1% of The World 's oil-and Abqaiq, The Company is the largest plant with a capacity of process 7% of The World 's supply. Even a short or partial interruption might impact on The Company , and the oil supply, due to their size

There was a sharp intake of breath, as analysts of language with which I digested The Information , the reports indicate that half of Saudi Arabia could have its oil production, knocked offline by these attacks.

The country produced 10% of The World 's oil. You can cut this in half could have a significant impact on the price of oil Monday, when the markets are open.

the success of The drone strike shows the vulnerability of Aramco and the infrastructure, at a time when it is trying to show themselves in the best light, while gearing up for float on the stock exchange.

And it raises the fears that the escalation could represent the tensions in the region are at greater risk for the oil, a potentially dangerous fifth of The World 's supply goes through the critical Strait of Hormuz.

oil, yemen, iran, iran-us relations, saudi arabia

Source of news: bbc.com