# Live: Saudi Arabia shuts oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq

https://mins.news/en/item/55545

- France 24, 2026-09-12 05:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260912-live-saudi-arabia-oil-pipeline-shut-down-after-drone-attack-launched-from-iraq

> Saudi Arabia has closed its crucial East-West oil pipeline after Thursday’s attack, putting an important alternative route for Gulf crude exports at risk. Iraq’s foreign ministry said the country has decided not to retaliate for now.

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