[The United States deploys more "Patriot" systems to the Middle East to protect oil and gas facilities] October 2, according to a report by the US Axios news website on October 1, in recent weeks, the United States has deployed two more "Patriot" anti-missile systems to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to protect local oil and gas production facilities. The report quoted two U.S. officials and regional sources as saying that the U.S. military deployed a Patriot anti-missile system to Saudi Arabia in September to protect a key oil production facility, and another Patriot anti-missile system was deployed to Qatar to protect a natural gas production facility. According to the report, the United States "hopes to use this to assure its two regional allies that it will protect their critical energy facilities should U.S. President Trump decide to restart major combat operations against Iran." (Xinhua News Agency)