The US has blamed Iran for a drone attack on the world's largest oil processing facility
Mr Sarie said:"The only option for the Saudi government is to stop attacking us." The Saudi-led coalition has been fighting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen since March 2015 in a war that has killed tens of thousands of Yemenis and pushed the country to the brink of famine.
It describes its Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, 205 miles northeast of the capital Riyadh, as"the largest crude oil stabilisation plant in the world" able to produce up to seven million barrels of crude oil a day.Houthi rebels have said they carried out the attackUS president Donald Trump has told Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that the US will support the kingdom's security and stability, according to the Saudi embassy in Washington. The crown prince assured Mr Trump that Saudi Arabia is"willing and able to confront and deal with this terrorist aggression". UK foreign affairs minister Andrew Murrison said the strike was"totally unacceptable" and that the"Houthis must stop undermining Saudi Arabia's security by threatening civilian areas and commercial infrastructure". The UK foreign office said the UK"condemns the reckless drone attack" and that"threatening civilian areas and commercial infrastructure is dangerous, provocative and completely unacceptable". Following the attack, Martin Griffiths, the UN special envoy for Yemen, said he was"extremely concerned" and urged parties to avoid actions that threaten stability in the region.
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