Trump is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia to protect its security after the recent attacks

US President Donald Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Washington was ready to cooperate with the kingdom to protect its security after the drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities on Saturday, reported the United States. Saudi press agency.

The US president has telephoned the Saudi Crown Prince that attacks on Saudi oil facilities had had a negative impact on the United States and the global economy, the agency said in a statement.

The movement Ansar Allah claimed the attack with the help of drones on two state-owned facilities, Aramco.

The Houthi military spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Sarih, promised to extend the attacks into the kingdom.

A knowledgeable source said the attack had affected production by 5 million barrels a day, about half of Saudi Arabia's production capacity.

The Reuters news agency quoted informed sources as having stopped the production and export of Saudi oil after the attack.

• RIYADH (Reuters) – Oil production and exports to Saudi Arabia have stopped after the attack of a drone

At 4:00 am (01:00 GMT) on Saturday morning, Aramco's Industrial Security Teams turned on (extinguished) two fires in two of the company's factories in Abqaiq Province and the Khurais migration after being targeted by drones, "said an official of the Ministry of the Interior. "Both fires were controlled."

Videos have shown smoke plumes rising above the Abqaiq site, where the largest oil processing plant in the world is located in eastern Saudi Arabia. .

The other targeted site was the Khurais oil field in the west.

Government media said the fires were now under control in both facilities.