U.S. says Saudi oil attacks came from north
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A new U.S. report indicates that an atttack on two Saudi oil facilities in September came from the north and were carried out by drones similar to ones designed and produced by Iran
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Attack weapon: U.S. identified several similarities between drones used in Sep 14 raid and Iranian unmanned aircraft, known as IRN-05 UAV
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Ahvaz air base
Identified by earlier report as possible launch site for raid
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Trajectory: U.S. assessment found that before hitting its targets, one drone traversed location approximately 200km northwest of attack site
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Houthi-controlled territory
Iran-aligned militants claimed responsibility for attacks, but assessed 900km maximum range of drone would rule out Yemen as point of origin
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Attack targets
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Artist’s impression of drone
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IRAN
IRAQ
KUWAIT
SAUDI ARABIA
QATAR
YEMEN
OMAN
UAE 
BAHRAIN

The Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Gulf of Oman
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden

Khurais oilfield
Abqaiq crude oil processing plant

900km range from targets

200km Riyadh 125 miles

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Source: Reuters    © GRAPHIC NEWS