Quiet acquiescenceStill, one Arab official said Saudi Arabia may be convinced to quietly acquiesce to US strikes. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have publicly said they will not allow their airspace or territory to be used for an attack on Iran. 'Iran can still make the Gulf not a good place to live or invest with a couple of low-cost attacks' - Douglas Silliman, Arab Gulf States InstituteTurkey is also on a lobbying blitz. Saudi Arabia was subject to missile and drone attacks by Iran’s Houthis for years during its war in Yemen. Saudi Arabia was hardest hit in 2019 when a drone attack emanating from Iran hit its Aramco oil facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in the kingdom’s east.