Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Can’t Guarantee Oil Supply Due to Houthi Attacks

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Tuesday recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists have compromised Riyadh’s ability to supply the globe with sufficient energy, the Associated Press reported.

Speaking at the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)-sponsored World Government Summit in Dubai on March 29, Bin Salman referenced “attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels on Saudi oil facilities, including a wave of drone and missile strikes on Friday [March 25],” according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The Saudi energy minister said these attacks had “put into question our ability to supply the world with the necessary energy requirements.”

“In the old days, we, along with our friends here in the UAE, worked on a collective effort to assure and ensure energy security. These pillars are no longer there,” Bin Salman observed.

Yemen’s Houthi jihadists have claimed responsibility for a recent spate of assaults on oil plants in neighboring Saudi Arabia. The governments of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have said the Houthis are armed by Iran, though Tehran denies the allegation. – READ MORE