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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) ** FILE **

Iran foreign minister warns of ‘all-out war’ if hit for Saudi attack

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 file photo, a satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia's vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that's emerged across the Persian Gulf this summer of precise attacks that leave few obvious clues of who launched them. (Planet Labs Inc via AP, File)

The Latest: UN chief: Experts on way to probe Saudi attacks

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Sept 18, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Saudis couldn’t stop oil attack, even with top US defenses

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

The Saudi military displays what they say are an Iranian cruise missile and drones used in a recent attack on its oil industry at Saudi Aramco's facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais, during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Donald Trump: Response to ‘Iranian attack’ on Saudi oil facility offers ‘many options’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this July 21, 2019, photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia’s vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that’s emerged across the Persian Gulf this summer of precise attacks that leave few obvious clues of who launched them. (Hasan Shirvani/Mizan News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Iran warns U.S. of response to any action over Saudi attack

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Albuquerque International Sunport, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump: I’m not looking to meet with Iran’s president

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This image provided on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows damage to the infrastructure at at Saudi Aramco's Kuirais oil field in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The drone attack Saturday on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq plant and its Khurais oil field led to the interruption of an estimated 5.7 million barrels of the kingdom's crude oil production per day, equivalent to more than 5% of the world's daily supply. (U.S. government/Digital Globe via AP)

The Latest: Saudi minister: 50% of crude reduction restored

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In this July 21, 2019, photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia’s vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that’s emerged across the Persian Gulf this summer of precise attacks that leave few obvious clues of who launched them. (Hasan Shirvani/Mizan News Agency via AP) **FILE**

AP Analysis: Saudi oil attack part of dangerous new pattern

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, speaks during a press conference in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia: Half of daily production recovered post-attack

By Aya Batrawy and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrive for a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey met in the Turkish capital to discuss the situation in Syria, with the aim of halting fighting in the northwest of the country and finding a lasting political solution to the 8 1/2 year civil war. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Donald Trump rejects Hassan Rouhani meeting, seeks Iran ‘deterrence’

By Tom Howell Jr. and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE -- In this Jan. 16, 2019 file photo Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo, left, and Juventus' Douglas Costa receive the winner medals end of the Italian Super Cup final soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus at King Abdullah stadium in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Amnesty International and the journalists union for Italian state TV RAI have written a joint letter to the presidents of Juventus and Lazio asking the clubs not to the play the Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia due to human rights abuses. (AP Photo)

Protests renewed against Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

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A Houthi military spokesman warned foreign companies to pull their employees from Saudi energy facilities. (Associated Press)

Houthi rebels claim responsibility for attacks on Saudi oil facilities

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Albuquerque, N.M. for a campaign rally, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Iran likely behind Saudi Arabia oil attacks, Donald Trump says

By Lauren Toms, Tom Howell Jr. and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

This image provided on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows damage to the infrastructure at at Saudi Aramco's Kuirais oil field in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The drone attack Saturday on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq plant and its Khurais oil field led to the interruption of an estimated 5.7 million barrels of the kingdom's crude oil production per day, equivalent to more than 5% of the world's daily supply. (U.S. government/Digital Globe via AP)

The Latest: Saudis to invite global experts to investigate

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Iran Drone Attack Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Saudi Arabia’s Iran dilemma

By S. Rob Sobhani

This Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. Yemen's Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires and halting about half of the supplies from the world's largest exporter of oil. (Planet Labs Inc via AP)

The Latest: Trump disputes ground rules of meeting with Iran

Associated Press

This Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. Yemen's Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires and halting about half of the supplies from the world's largest exporter of oil. (Planet Labs Inc via AP)

Iran denies Saudi Arabia oil attacks

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Smoke from a fire at the Abqaiq oil processing facility fills the skyline, in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. (Al-Arabiya via AP, File)

Aramco attacks show company entanglement in Saudi politics

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks with reporters outside the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Kellyanne Conway: Trump weighing Hassan Rouhani meeting after Saudi Arabia oil attacks

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at the 2019 House Republican Conference Member Retreat Dinner in Baltimore, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Donald Trump: U.S. would tap into Strategic Petroleum Reserve ‘if needed’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times