Pompeo favours 'peaceful resolution' to crisis after Saudi attack

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DUBAI: The US wants a peaceful solution to the crisis sparked by attacks on Saudi oil facilities, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday ...

"We don't want war, we don't want to engage in a military confrontation," he told CNN in an interview aired Thursday.Pompeo arrived in Abu Dhabi from the Saudi city of Jeddah, where late Wednesday he met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de-facto ruler who has said the assault poses a"real test" of global will.'GLASS TOWERS'

"The attack was launched from the north and unquestionably sponsored by Iran," defence ministry spokesman Turki al-Maliki said, although he refused to be drawn on whether Saudi officials believed Iran directly carried out the operation. They also threatened the United Arab Emirates, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Huthis.

Other potential targets include missile launch sites and other assets of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, along with bases near the Gulf, where unusual activity suggests they had a role in the strikes. "Inside Saudi Arabia, there is uncertainty over the most appropriate course of action," she told AFP.

US officials it quoted said unreleased satellite photos showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps making preparations for the attack at Ahvaz airbase.

 

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