From a just-published article by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC):
Drone attacks have set alight two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, state media say.
Footage showed a huge blaze at Abqaiq, site of Aramco’s largest oil processing plant, while a second drone attack started fires in the Khurais oilfield.
The fires are now under control at both facilities, state media said.
A spokesman for the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen said it had deployed 10 drones in the attacks.
The military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, told al-Masirah TV, which is owned by the Houthi movement and is based in Beirut, that further attacks could be expected in the future.
This, and a lot worse, is what Saudi Arabia fears from Iran. And Israel, which has the same fears about Iran, has the technological and military capability to do something about it.
This is not, of course, what you’d call an alliance made in heaven. You can be assured that Saudi Arabia would be thrilled if Israel ceased to exist.
But, as long as Iran poses a threat? That old saying, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is fully in force.
And, though the article is about Saudi Arabia, this every bit as true for other gulf countries, such as Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Sometimes a cloud really does have a silver lining. If the alliance between Israel and these countries exists long enough, who is to say that it won’t be come more than circumstantial.
I wouldn’t bet money on this, but at least I can hope.
