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Yemeni forces fire drone, hit Aramco refinery in Saudi capital
[PRESSTV] Yemeni army, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, has attacked a refinery of the Saudi oil company Aramco in the capital Riyadh using a new drone unveiled on Wednesday, with the kingdom confirming a fire at the plant."Our drone air forces have targeted the refinery of Aramco company in Riyadh," read a Twitter posting on the account of Yemen’s al-Masirah television channel. "The operation by the drone air force is a strong start in a new stage of deterring the aggression," the channel quoted Yemen's army front man Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman as saying in a tweet. According to al-Masirah, the attack was the first to be conducted using a new long-range drone. Aramco confirmed a fire at its refinery in Riyadh, saying fire control teams and the Saudi civil defense had contained a limited blaze that erupted in the early evening in its refinery in the capital. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-19 |
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