Pro-Shia Iraqi militias had launched drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities for two days running, and Riyadh had already warned Baghdad to ensure that its country did not become a launchpad for these attacks, otherwise it would face the consequences. And so it proved

Saudi Arabia says its air defenses intercepted and destroyed drones targeting oil facilities in the Eastern Province and Riyadh, blaming Iran-backed militias operating from Iraq.

Saudi Arabia says it intercepted drones targeting oil facilities in Riyadh and the Eastern Province; Yemen’s Houthis claimed an attack on crude transport infrastructure, while the…