Saudis deny report of test clearing skies to Israel

DUBAI (ALARABIYA( Saudi Arabia denied a British report alleging it has conducted tests to stand down its air defenses to allow Israeli warplanes to use its airspace in any bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Riyadh slammed the news reported by The Times newspaper as “false” and “slanderous,” the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday.
“Saudi Arabia has followed the false and slanderous allegations reported by some British media that it would let Israel attack Iran via its airspace,” SPA quoted a foreign ministry official as saying.
” Saudi Arabia has followed the false and slanderous allegations reported by some British media that it would let Israel attack Iran via its airspace “
Saudi Foreighn Ministry official

The kingdom “rejects violating its sovereignty or the use of its airspace or territories by anyone to attack any country,” the unidentified official said, noting that Saudi Arabia does not have diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.
Israel, which regards Iran as its principal threat, has refused to rule out using military action to prevent Tehran developing nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is aimed solely at power generation.
The Times report mentioned that Riyadh, which views Iran as a regional threat, had agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance in the event of any bombing raid on Iran.
On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council slapped a fourth round of military and financial sanctions on Tehran for refusing to abandon its controversial nuclear program.
Iran has refused to heed U.N. demands to suspend uranium enrichment, insisting that it is aimed at peaceful nuclear fuel production. It denies seeking to make atomic weapons, as suspected by the West.

Source: Al Arabiya