US sends additional Patriot batteries to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to protect energy infrastructure

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The US military has sent two additional Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to protect oil and gas facilities.

The batteries were dispatched in September to reassure allies that their energy infrastructure would be protected if hostilities against Iran resumed.

MOSCOW, October 2 - RIA Novosti. The US military has sent two additional Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to protect oil and gas facilities, Axios reports, citing two US officials and one source in the region.

The US military has sent two additional Patriot missile batteries in recent weeks to protect oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

It is noted that in this way the United States wanted to assure both allies that in the event of a resumption of hostilities against Iran, their most important energy infrastructure facilities would be protected. The publication explains that the missile battery in Saudi Arabia will protect a key oil facility, and in Qatar - a gas facility. They were sent in September.

According to the portal, in order to use Saudi airspace in the event of a resumption of major hostilities, the United States will need to obtain permission from the country. But if Riyadh believes that its oil facilities will not be protected, it is unlikely to extradite him.

The publication writes that in August, US President Donald Trump changed his mind about striking Iranian energy facilities mainly because the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Qatar urgently asked him not to do so, fearing for their own energy facilities. Then the American leader decided in favor of economic pressure.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the United States is sending a third carrier strike group and additional Marine ships to the Middle East. At the end of September, the publication reported that US President Donald Trump told aides of his intention to resume bombing Iran.