Saudi oil attack shows how Iran sees new Mid-East game — Peter Apps
21 September 2019
Perhaps predictably, President Donald Trump’s response was bellicose in flavour, warning the United States was “locked and loaded” but putting the decision on whether or not it should strike firmly in Saudi Arabia’s court. So far, Riyadh has shown little enthusiasm for that — it appears increasingly bogged down in a controversial, messy war in Yemen, and neither it nor Washington wants shooting in the Gulf.
Particularly over the last decade, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps — and particularly its foreign-facing Quds Force under Major General Quassem Soleimani — has revelled in deniable actions across the Middle East and beyond. So far, damage to facilities belonging to Saudi oil firm Aramco appears limited — Saudi authorities say full production will shortly be resumed. That’s unlikely to bother anyone in Tehran significantly. They may well not have been looking for a knockout blow, but have demonstrated their ability to strike the most sensitive facilities in Saudi Arabia without warning. Other potential foes, including United Arab Emirates and Israel, will have noted that with some alarm.
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