U.S. Sec. of State Pompeo heads to Saudi Arabia as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise four days after oilfields and a processing plant in the kingdom were attacked
the synchronized attacks were timed to create"maximum damage" to Saudi facilities and operations. It was estimated the attack knocked out 5.7 million barrels of daily oil production, or more than five percent of the global daily crude production.
that if the U.S."repents" and returns to the nuclear deal that it withdrew from last year"then it can join and talk with Iran among other members of the deal." "Otherwise no negotiation will take place between Islamic Republic and U.S. officials at any level, whether in New York or anywhere else," he said.
Saudi ambassador to the U.K., Prince Khalid Bin Bandar Al-Saud, told the BBC Wednesday the attack was “almost certainly Iranian-backed.”
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