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Saudi defense ministry intercepts drone heading toward Shaybah oil field

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12-03-2026 | 03:55

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Saudi defense ministry intercepts drone heading toward Shaybah oil field

Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Ministry of Defense said on Thursday that it intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Rub' al Khali desert that was heading toward the Shaybah oil field.

It added that this was the third such incident within a single day.

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