US President Donald Trump says looks like Iran was behind Saudi oil attacks

WASHINGTON/DUBAI - US President Donald Trump on Monday said it looked like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants in Saudi Arabia at the weekend that raised fears of a fresh Middle East conflict, but added that he did not want war with anyone.

Asked by a reporter in the White House if Iran was behind the attacks, Trump said:"It's certainly looking that way at this moment and we'll let you know. As soon as we find out definitively we'll let you know but it does look that way." The attacks cut 5% of world crude oil production. Oil prices surged by as much as 19% after the incidents but later came off their peaks. The intraday jump was the biggest since the 1990-91 Gulf crisis over Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

While the prince did not directly accuse Teheran, a foreign ministry statement reported him as calling on the international community to condemn whoever was behind the strike. But US Ambassador to the world body, Kelly Craft, told the Council that emerging information on the attacks"indicates that responsibility lies with Iran" and that there is no evidence the attack came from Yemen.

"LOCKED AND LOADED" Trump said on Sunday that the United States was"locked and loaded" to respond to the incident. "We warn companies and foreigners against being near the plants that we struck because they are still in our sights." Appearing to sense a commercial opening, President Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready to help Saudi Arabia by providing Russian-made air defence systems, which he said would protect any Saudi infrastructure.

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