First Footage of Terrorist Missile Attack on Saudi’s Aramco Released

A video of first footage showing the attack against Abqaiq has been released by Saudi’s Aramco. It shows the moment of the drone and missile strikes believed to have been launched by Iran.

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave on Monday evening his first public speech since the recent attacks on the Kingdom’s Aramco’s oil facilities, in which he said that the response to Iran must be well-calculated.

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Saudi Aramco facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais were attacked on September 14 by drone strikes, which knocked off 50 percent of the Kingdom’s oil production, or about five percent of global energy supply.

Just days after the attack, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Kingdom’s energy minister and Crown Prince Mohammed’s older brother, pledged that Saudi Arabia would deliver oil supplies to consumers for the month and revive oil production to 11 million barrels per day.

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State-owned Saudi Aramco did just that and revived oil production earlier than anticipated.

The Crown Prince stressed that the attack on Saudi Arabia – which has been claimed by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia – was “of course” an act of war.

On September 20, the US imposed fresh sanctions on Tehran, including on Iran’s central bank and the National Development Fund of Iran, following the attacks.

This came after US officials directly blamed Iran for the strikes, labeling them as attacks on the world’s economy and global energy supply.

Saudi Arabia is in consultations with its allies regarding the response to the attacks. “The political and peaceful solution is much better than the military one,” said the crown prince.