# Attacks on Saudi oil expose Iraqi PM’s struggle to control armed factions

https://mins.news/en/item/60179

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-16 01:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news-analysis/2026/9/16/attacks-on-saudi-oil-expose-iraqi-pms-struggle-to-control-armed-factions?traffic_source=rss

> A senior Iraqi source says a “resistance splinter” group may have carried out the September attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline. The drones were launched from Iraqi territory, threatening about 4 percent of global oil supplies and testing Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s pledge to bring armed groups under state control.

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