Riyadh — On Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s defence minister accused Iran of ordering an attack on Saudi oil installations that Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia has claimed responsibility for. The attack “proves that these militias are merely a tool that Iran’s regime uses to implement its expansionist agenda”, vice-minister of defence Prince Khalid bin Salman, a son of King Salman, said in a tweet. “The terrorist acts, ordered by the regime in Tehran, and carried out by the Houthis, are tightening the noose around the ongoing political efforts.” The Houthi movement, which has been battling a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen for four years, said it carried out Tuesday’s drone strikes, which Riyadh said did not disrupt output or exports. Other Saudi officials fired off similar tweets, ratcheting up pressure on the country’s arch enemy in the region at a time of heightened tension between Washington and Tehran over sanctions and the US military presence in the Gulf. “The Houthis are ...
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