ISLAMABAD – US Secret Report has claimed 20 drones and 12 cruise missileswere fired from Iran over Saudi Oilfields.
US intelligence agencies have handed over a secret report to their Saudicounterparts which has implicated Iran directly for the weekend’s attackson two major Saudi Aramco oil facilities, the Wall Street Journal hasreportedlink,citing unnamed sources said to be familiar with the situation.
According to the report, which has yet to be shared publicly, the strikeswere staged from Iran, and involved some 20 drones and at least a dozenmissiles.
A Saudi official speaking to WSJ said the report was not conclusive, addingthat the US side hadn’t provided sufficient evidence that Tehran was‘definitely’ behind the attacks.
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On Monday, a coalition spokesman announced that Saudi authorities werestill looking to figure out “from where” the projectiles used in thestrikes were fired, saying the drones used were not launched from Yemen, asclaimed by the Houthis. According to the coalition, a preliminaryinvestigation had given them “all indications” to believe that the weaponsin both attacks “came from Iran.”link,Sputnik has reported.
Iran has repeatedly denied any involvement in the oil facility attacks,accusing the US of switching from a policy of “maximum pressure” to one of“maximum deceit,” while adding that the Yemeni people have every right toindependently defend against the Saudi-led military coalition.
