Donald Trump approves deployment of US forces to Saudi Arabia after oil attacks
engulfing two major Saudi Arabian oil plants, one in Abqaiq, Bugayg, and its second largest oilfield in Khurais, at around 4am on Saturday.
Esper said the US "does not seek conflict with Iran" but added they "have many other military options available should they be necessary". The US was backed by Saudi Arabia, who said photos show impacts consistent with the attack coming from the direction of Iran or Iraq, rather than from Yemen to the south.Saudi Arabia and the civil war in YemenThe fighting can be traced back to the handover of power from long-time autocratic President Ali Abdullah Saleh to his deputy and current president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi in November 2011.
The war has been seen as a proxy for the region power struggle between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran.
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