UN Confirms Houthis Did Not Attack Saudi Oil Facilities

According to detailed formal report by the United Nations, Houthi rebels weren’t actually responsible for firing missiles over Saudi Arabian oil facilities. This finding now confirms the original assertion by the US that Iran was actually behind the attacks in the first place.

In September, in the ongoing investigations, the Houthi rebels had actually come clean and admitted to the US officials that they were no behind the attacks and in fact wanted to be pulled out of this political blame game, that could have been detrimental for their survival.

A certain suspicion over whether the Yemen based Houthis could own such advanced military technology has always been there.  Also, UN officials were in suspicion if the drones and land attack cruise missiles used in September 14 attack “had a sufficient range to have been launched from Yemeni territory under the control of the Houthis.”

The report by the independent U.N. experts to the Security Council Yemen sanctions committee confirmed, “That despite their claims to the contrary, the Houthi forces did not launch the attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais on 14 September 2019.”

Also findings confirm that the direction of attack was completely opposite to where Yemen is located, ruling out an attack originated from there. Houthis might have just decided to take on the blame on themselves for all the military help they have received from Iran, a supply support that Tehran has never accepted it had given in Yemen.

The report is a collaborative effort of experts from all over the world and includes representatives from UN as well.