First attack on Ormuz, now bombarding Saudi oil with drones:?

The Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid Falih, said that 3 pumping stations of the East-West pipeline had been hit by drones loaded with water. ; explosives. Falih described the attack as "an act of terrorism" aimed at reducing the supply of oil to the world.

Falih pointed out that Saudi production and export of raw and refined products continued uninterrupted, but that the national oil giant, Saudi Aramco, had stopped pumping oil into the pipeline during the year. damage badessment and repair stations, according to the release. SPA State Press Agency.

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"Aramco has shut down the flow of oil in the pipeline to badess the damage and repair the station in order to resume operation of the oil pipeline and the oil flow on a basis regular, "said Falih.

The stations are part of the major East-West oil pipeline, which transports oil from the eastern provinces of the province to the port of Yanbu on the west coast.

The drone attack took place two days after sabotage of Saudi oil tankers off the United Arab Emirates.

Associated Press reported that the Houthis had claimed responsibility for the attack, which aimed to send a message to the Saudi kingdom to end what the rebels themselves described as an "aggression" .

The Houthis or Houthis are mainly Shiite Zaidi insurgents – but they also include Sunnis1 – who operate in Yemen and call themselves Ansarollah (also spelled Ansar Allah), which means "followers of God".

His name comes from Husein Badrudin al Huti, a commander killed by the Yemen Armed Forces in September 2004.

In Yemen, an armed conflict entered a new phase when, in March 2015, an international coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched air attacks against the armed group of Houthis. A European Commission report of December 2018 estimates that 60,000 people died in the conflict up to that date.

Through their armed uprising, the Houthis controlled the entire governorate of Sa'dah and parts of those of Amran, Yauf and Hajjah.

But lately, the Houthis are withdrawing from the occupied areas, under agreements negotiated by the UN.

The forces of Ansar Allah (Houthis) left the 3 ports of Hodeida, Salif and Ras-Issa, confirmed the president of the Coordinating Committee of the United Nations Redeployment in Yemen.

"The three ports were simultaneously monitored by UN teams when the forces were withdrawn and the coastguards badumed responsibility for their security," Lt. Gen. Michael Lollesgaard said in a statement.

The official UN verification of this distribution of forces took place today, Tuesday 14/05.

At the same time, Falih condemned the attacks in a statement: "The latest acts of terrorism and sabotage in the Persian Gulf (…) concern not only the Kingdom, but also the security of oil supplies for the world and the global economy ".

"These attacks demonstrate once again that it is important for us to deal with terrorist entities, including Houthi militias in Yemen backed by Iran," he said.

Falih said that Saudi Arabia's oil production and exports of crude oil and refined products continued unabated, but the oil giant, Aramco, had stopped pumping oil into the pipeline. while badessing the damage a statement from the public press agency SPA.

The 1,200 kilometer pipeline transports crude oil from major oil fields from eastern Saudi Arabia to the port city of Yanbu in the Red Sea, to the west.