The United States has transferred a significant number of Patriot anti-missile interceptors to Saudi Arabia in recent weeks. This action seems to ease what has been a point of tension in the increasingly complicated U.S.- Saudi relationship. A senior administration official confirmed last night that the interceptors have been sent to Saudi Arabia.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan yesterday condemned Houthi forces in Yemen after they unleashed one of their most intense barrages of drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia's critical energy facilities, sparking a fire at one site and temporarily cutting oil production at another.</span><br />