The Wall Street Journal quoted US officials as saying that the United States has withdrawn Patriot missile batteries and dozens of its military personnel from Saudi Arabia, and is considering reducing other military capabilities there.
The officials added that the US forces are looking to reduce their maritime deployment in the Gulf waters. According to the sources, these steps taken by the Pentagon are based on its estimates that Iran is no longer a strategic threat to Washington's interests.
According to the newspaper report, the American forces are withdrawing four Patriot missile batteries with dozens of military personnel, which are the military reinforcements that Washington sent in the wake of the attacks that targeted Saudi oil installations last year.
The withdrawal of these American military capabilities from Saudi Arabia comes at a delicate stage in the relations between the two countries, as the atmosphere became tense due to the oil price war between Riyadh and Moscow, which was a major reason - along with the Corona epidemic - behind the price collapse to historical levels, and severely damaged American oil companies.