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Ansarallah Score Direct Hit on Aramco
By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer
It was a direct hit on the economic nerve centre of Saudi Arabia in retaliation for its unabated war crimes against the people of Yemen, and according to reports has paralyzed the world’s biggest oil industry.
For months, if not for years, the popular Ansarallah Movement has been warning the regime in Riyadh of the consequences of its four-and-a-half year long state terrorism against Yemen, but it seems the heretical Wahhabis who worship at the altars of the U.S. and Zionism, failed to realize that the power that God Almighty grants to true believers is far superior than that of America and Israel.
With the rapid advance in their defence capabilities, especially in ballistic missiles and drone warfare, the Yemenis have now proved to the armed-to-the-teeth, yet dastardly invaders, that they have the ability to hit targets more than a thousand km from Yemen’s borders.
Saturday’s targeting of two Aramco plants, including the world’s biggest oil processing facility at Abqaiq, sparked fires, and although Saudi Arabia sheepishly admitted the attack, claiming that the blazes have been brought under control, reports suggest that the flames are too huge and the damage too extensive to be harnessed.
The extent of damage from the drone strikes in Abqaiq and Khurais provinces remains unclear. Nine hours after the pre-dawn attacks, Aramco has issued no statement and the authorities have not reported on casualties.
Abqaiq is located 60 km southwest of Aramco’s Dhahran headquarters. It contains the world’s largest oil processing plant, handling crude from the giant Ghawar field and for export to terminals Ras Tanura - the world’s biggest offshore oil loading facility - and Juaymah. It also pumps westwards across the British created entity (Saudi Arabia) to Red Sea export terminals.
Khurais, 190 km further southwest, contains the country’s second largest oilfield.
Video footage verified by western wire agencies, including Reuters, showed bright flames and thick plumes of smoke rising towards the dark pre-dawn sky.
An Ansarallah spokesman said the attacks had achieved direct hits on refineries at both sites, and vowed that more surprises are in store for the aggressors, if they do not halt their war on Yemen.
It is worth noting that last month the Yemenis had hit the Shaybah oilfield near the borders of UAE, which has also been warned of the consequences of crimes against the people of Yemen.
It was a direct hit on the economic nerve centre of Saudi Arabia in retaliation for its unabated war crimes against the people of Yemen, and according to reports has paralyzed the world’s biggest oil industry.
For months, if not for years, the popular Ansarallah Movement has been warning the regime in Riyadh of the consequences of its four-and-a-half year long state terrorism against Yemen, but it seems the heretical Wahhabis who worship at the altars of the U.S. and Zionism, failed to realize that the power that God Almighty grants to true believers is far superior than that of America and Israel.
With the rapid advance in their defence capabilities, especially in ballistic missiles and drone warfare, the Yemenis have now proved to the armed-to-the-teeth, yet dastardly invaders, that they have the ability to hit targets more than a thousand km from Yemen’s borders.
Saturday’s targeting of two Aramco plants, including the world’s biggest oil processing facility at Abqaiq, sparked fires, and although Saudi Arabia sheepishly admitted the attack, claiming that the blazes have been brought under control, reports suggest that the flames are too huge and the damage too extensive to be harnessed.
The extent of damage from the drone strikes in Abqaiq and Khurais provinces remains unclear. Nine hours after the pre-dawn attacks, Aramco has issued no statement and the authorities have not reported on casualties.
Abqaiq is located 60 km southwest of Aramco’s Dhahran headquarters. It contains the world’s largest oil processing plant, handling crude from the giant Ghawar field and for export to terminals Ras Tanura - the world’s biggest offshore oil loading facility - and Juaymah. It also pumps westwards across the British created entity (Saudi Arabia) to Red Sea export terminals.
Khurais, 190 km further southwest, contains the country’s second largest oilfield.
Video footage verified by western wire agencies, including Reuters, showed bright flames and thick plumes of smoke rising towards the dark pre-dawn sky.
An Ansarallah spokesman said the attacks had achieved direct hits on refineries at both sites, and vowed that more surprises are in store for the aggressors, if they do not halt their war on Yemen.
It is worth noting that last month the Yemenis had hit the Shaybah oilfield near the borders of UAE, which has also been warned of the consequences of crimes against the people of Yemen.