18 Sep 2019

US identifies source of attacks on Saudi Arabia

From Morning Report, 7:20 am on 18 September 2019

Reports from Washington say the United States has identified the exact locations in Iran from which the attacks were launched on Saturday. Reports so far quote unnamed senior officials and say more than twenty drones and cruise missiles were used in the attack which was launched from an Iranian base in Iran, close to the border with Iraq. However France's foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said they had no evidence showing where drones that attacked the Saudi oil facilities came from, and that he didn't know if anyone had such evidence. Speaking at a press conference in the past hour The Saudi energy minister says they don't know yet why and who are behind the attacks. We speak to our Washington correspondent, Kate Fisher.