[Dubai Reuters]-Saudi-led voluntary coalition is 16 while the US accuses Iran of being behind the attack on two oil facilities of Saudi Aramco, a state-run oil company in eastern Saudi Arabia One day, he expressed his view that Iranian weapons were used in the attack.
Regarding this attack, Yemen's pro-Iranian armed organization, the Fusi faction, announced a crime statement that it attacked with a drone. US President Trump said that the United States is ready for war on the 15th, and Perry US Secretary of Energy on the 16th said the attack on Saudi oil facilities was an attack on the global economy and the global energy market. These actions were accused of being unacceptable.
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According to Aramco, Saudi oil production is expected to decrease by 5.7 million barrels a day due to the attack. This is equivalent to more than 5% of the world's oil supply. Crude oil prices have risen 19% for the time, and the daily rise has been the largest since the 1990-91 Gulf War.
Initially expected to return to normal levels in a few weeks, several sources familiar with Aramco's operational status have revealed to Reuters that it may take months to return to normal levels.
Under such circumstances, President Trump announced on the 15th that he approved the release of strategic oil reserves as needed. Although the amount of release is uncertain, the amount will be sufficient to maintain abundant supply in the market.
In response to President Trump's approval of stockpile release and the fact that oil-producing countries are well stocked, the crude oil market has regained a bit of calm, GMT 1645 on the 16th. 45 minutes) Currently, the increase is reduced to about 12%.
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Iran denies US claims that Iran is behind the attack. President Rouhani in a joint press conference with Turkish and Russian presidents in Ankara, where he visited, claimed that the “Yemeni people” had been attacked by the Saudi-led coalition for years. “The Yemeni people exercise the right of self-defense,” he said.
A Saudi-led Allied spokesman fighting an armed organization Husi faction at a press conference in Riyadh is still investigating where the attack came from, “Iran's attack was not from Yemen, as the Husi claims,” he said.
Yemen's UN ambassador told the UN Security Council that he did not know who was behind the attack. However, United States Ambassador Kerry, the United States Ambassador, said the Security Council said there was no evidence that the attack took place from Yemen, and that the responsibility for the attack was revealed in the information that is being obtained in Iran.
While Iran denies involvement in the attack, Yemen ’s pro-Iranian armed organization, the Husi faction, said that Aramco ’s oil facility continues to be attacked, allowing attacks “even now” against foreigners. Warning to leave the area. A Fusi spokesman said in a post on Twitter that "Saudis should cease the aggression and blockade against Yemen."
Under such circumstances, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes that Saudi Arabia can provide a missile defense system to defend its own infrastructure. Russia, with China, indicated that it should not be easy to conclude who made this attack.
The UK accused the attacks of “unreasonable violations of international law”.
