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Saudi Arabia: Drone Attacks Halted Half Its Oil Production

Edward Yeranian

   CAIRO - Saudi Arabia's energy minister said Saturday that drone attacks
   on two Aramco oil facilities by a Yemen Houthi militia group have cut
   the kingdom's oil production in half.

   Amateur video of the early morning attack in Abqaiq, in eastern Saudi
   Arabia, showed several blazes raging. By afternoon, video showed huge
   plumes of smoke rising into the sky. Saudi officials said no workers
   were killed or injured in the attacks.

   A military spokesman for Yemen's Houthi militia, Col. Yahya Saree,
   claimed responsibility Saturday for the drone attacks on Saudi oil
   facilities and vowed to increase them if Saudi-coalition forces
   continued their strikes on targets inside Yemen. It was not clear,
   however, if the drones originated in Yemen.

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