Houthi drone attack on Eastern Province · 17 August 2019
Houthi drones target Shaybah oil field
- Date
- 17 August 2019 · 16 Dhu al-Hijjah 1440 AH
- Place
- Eastern Province
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Reported by Saudi media
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Sources (3 reports in all)
- Houthi drones target Shaybah oil field
“Houthi drones target Shaybah oil field Limited damage, no disruption of oil production or exports, asserts Saudi minister Al-Falih August 17, 2019 | 05:13 PM This file photo shows Shaybah, the base for Saudi Aramco's…”
- Oil up after drone attack on Saudi field, but OPEC report caps gains
“LONDON: Crude oil prices rose on Monday following a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility by Yemen’s Houthi militia and as traders looked for signs of progress in US-China trade negotiations. Price gains were, however,…”
- Houthis bomb Saudi oil facilities with drones.. and Riyadh: damage is minorالحوثيون يقصفون منشآت نفطية سعودية بطائرات مسيرة.. والرياض: الأضرار بسيطة (machine translation)
“The Yemeni Houthi group announced today, Saturday, that it attacked oil facilities in Shaybah in Saudi Arabia with ten drones, while Saudi Arabia announced that the damage resulting from the attack was minor. The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah channel quoted…”