Houthi drone attack on Riyadh · 14 May 2019
Terrorist drone attack on two Saudi oil pumping stations
هجوم إرهابي بـ«الدرون» على محطتي ضخ نفط سعوديتين (machine translation)
- Date
- 14 May 2019 · 9 Ramadan 1440 AH
- Place
- Riyadh
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (9 reports in all)
- 11 attempts to target oil facilities and pipelines in Saudi Arabia11 محاولة لاستهداف منشآت وخطوط أنابيب نفطية في السعودية (machine translation)
“Iranian attacks, through militias affiliated with Tehran, have escalated to target oil in Saudi Arabia across several stages since 2003. Saudi Arabia has witnessed 11 terrorist attempts to target oil since 2003, and until today, through terrorist organizations such as "Al-Qaeda"…”
- Terrorist drone attack on two Saudi oil pumping stationsهجوم إرهابي بـ«الدرون» على محطتي ضخ نفط سعوديتين (machine translation)
“The Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid al-Falih, announced a terrorist attack with a booby-trapped drone that targeted two pumping stations of the pipeline that transports oil from the fields of the Eastern Region to the port of Yanbu on the western coast of the Kingdom. Al-Falih said that…”
- A UN draft statement considers the Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia a "serious threat" to regional securityمشروع بيان أممي يعتبر هجمات الحوثي ضد السعودية «تهديداً خطيراً» للأمن الإقليمي (machine translation)
“Britain presented a draft statement to the international Security Council on Yemen, affirming a political solution to the crisis in the country, and stressing "full support" for the efforts made by the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths. The draft statement also condemns…”
- Saudi Arabia Says Its Pipeline Attacked by Drones
“Saudi Arabia says an oil pipeline was attacked by drones Tuesday west of the capital, Riyadh. Yemeni Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attacks amid rising tensions in the Middle East. The rebels said they…”
- Carries 5 million barrels per day.. Here is the most important information about the oil line targeted by the Houthisينقل 5 ملايين برميل يوميا.. إليك أهم المعلومات عن خط النفط المستهدف من الحوثيين (machine translation)
“The attack carried out by the Houthis on Tuesday through a squadron of drones on Saudi oil facilities appeared carefully studied, given the importance and sensitivity of the targeted site, and the signals its disruption carries within the framework of the escalating tension in the Gulf currently.…”
- Exclusive Al Jazeera images show the damage to the Saudi oil pipeline after the Houthi attackصور حصرية للجزيرة تظهر الأضرار في أنبوب النفط السعودي بعد الهجوم الحوثي (machine translation)
“Al Jazeera obtained satellite images showing the extent of the damage to oil pumping station No. 8 belonging to Saudi Aramco, which was targeted by a drone attack carried out by the Houthi group in Yemen last Tuesday. The images taken a day after…”
- Why did the Houthis target Saudi oil facilities?لماذا استهدف الحوثيون منشآت النفط السعودية؟ (machine translation)
“British researcher and journalist Samuel Ramani said that the claim that the Houthi group in Yemen acted as a proxy for Iran when it recently targeted oil facilities inside Saudi Arabia with drones is inaccurate. In an article in the Washington Post under the title…”