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Saudi-led coalition destroys four drones launched toward southern Saudi Arabia

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Nick paton walsh in tehran. cnn everywhere it needs to be on this story. stand by. keep us posted on what you hear. thank you, gentlemen. >> as you point out, we can't ignore the economy when it comes to saudi arabia here. the attack in saudi arabia sending oil prices up. markets around the world moving down. christine romans is here to put it in prerspective for us. >> a shock to global oil supplies and a guarantee that higher gas prices are coming for american consumers. the attacks disrupted 5% of the daily global oil supply. oil prices spiked as much as 15% now trading at the highest level...

Kristin: you think the drones had to originate from southern iraq -- >> most likely just based on the range. 600 miles is a long way to go, and the further you have to go, the less accurate you will be, and these were very accurate strikes on this aramco facility. kristin: what do you make of the sophistication of this attack? ten drones travel traveling this far, to be able to avoid detection and actually effectively hit its targets, how -- what does this signal to you? >> they know how to take advantage of saudi arabia's air defense systems. they can put a capability that the patriots are no...