Shafaq News- Baghdad
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella ofIran-aligned armed factions operating in Iraq, rejected on Monday a Saudiaccusation that drones which struck Saudi oil facilities had been launched fromIraqi territory.
In a statement, the group said the accusation is an attempt to justify Riyadh's “inability to respond to Yemeni strikes that hadreached deep into Saudi infrastructure.”
Addressing the Saudi government directly, thegroup warned that any reckless Saudi act would be met with "a harshresponse," and Riyadh should instead move to lift “an unjust siege on theYemeni people.”
Earlier on Monday, Saudi Arabia's DefenseMinistry said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed several drones thattargeted petroleum facilities in the Eastern Province, the kingdom's mainoil-producing region, and in the Riyadh area. Ministry spokesperson MajorGeneral Turki al-Malki said the attempts originated from Iraqi territory andwere carried out by Iran-backed militias.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered thecountry's security authorities to investigate the Saudi statement and said Iraqwould not allow its territory to be used for attacks against neighboringstates, according to his spokesman, Sabah al-Numan.
Yemen's Ansarallah movement (Houthis)said today it had targeted Saudi oil transport infrastructure, and it was notclear whether the reported incidents were connected.
