Production

OPINION: Drone assaults in Saudi Arabia show threat of wider conflict

Weekend attacks on key Aramco oil installations put tensions that have been bubbling under the surface more firmly in the spotlight

This Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc., shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia
This Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc., shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Saudi ArabiaAP/SCANPIX
  • Nassir Shirkhani
Beirut
Published 16 September 2019, 12:57Updated 16 September 2019, 13:27
United StatesIranDonald TrumpRiyadhMike Pompeo