On 14 September 2019, a drone attack was carried out targeting the state-owned Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities at Abqaiq (Biqayq in Arabic) and Khurais in eastern Saudi Arabia. The Houthi movement in Yemen claimed responsibility, tying it to events surrounding the Saudi Arabian intervention in the Yemeni Civil War. However, Saudi Arabian officials claim that drones and missiles were used for the attack and that they were of Iranian manufacture. United States officials assert the attacks originated in Iran. Iran has denied any involvement in the attack. The situation has exacerbated the Persian Gulf crisis.
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