Yemen rebels claim responsibility for crippling attacks on Saudi oil facilities
Kareem Fahim and Steven Mufson
Istanbul/Washington | Explosions and towering fireballs struck the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil empire on Saturday in an apparent wave of drone attacks claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
The blows knocked out more than half the kingdom's oil output for days or more and threatened to drive up already high tensions between Iran and its foes in the Persian Gulf.
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