Air raid sirens were tested across the Saudi Arabian capital on Thursday as the country prepared for a possible escalation with Iran, following a weekend attack on its oil fields raised the stakes in the conflict.
Text messages were sent out to residents ahead of the 1pm tests in Riyadh and neighbouring provinces, which civil defence said was to ensure the sirens were “effective and ready.”
The US and Saudi are considering their response to Saturday’s assault on key oil facilities which left the kingdom reeling.
Asked whether military retaliation was being considered, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi’s ambassador to Germany, said "everything is on the table."
Donald Trump, the US president, has struck a more cautious note, saying there were many options short of war with Iran.
Air sirens are...eerie sounding.
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/762065119/what-we-know-about-the-attack-on-saudi-oil-facilities
On Sept. 14, a major Saudi oil processing plant was rocked by a series of explosions.
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/762065119/what-we-know-about-the-attack-on-saudi-oil-facilities
On Sept. 14, a major Saudi oil processing plant was rocked by a series of explosions.
