Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry announced on Monday that it intercepted multiple drones targeting eastern oil facilities that were launched by Iran-controlled Shiite militia forces in Iraq.
The Saudis said they would exercise their “right to respond” at the “appropriate time and place.”
“These terrorist attempts were launched from Iraqi territory and executed by Iranian-affiliated terrorist militias,” the Saudi defense ministry said.
The Saudi statement did not specify exactly how many drones were launched or if any damage was inflicted on the ground when they were intercepted.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry issued its “strongest condemnation of the reprehensible drone attacks carried out by Iran-backed militias operating in Iraq,” and called...
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