From the borderlands of southeastern Iraq, drones crossed into Saudi Arabia and struck the East-West pipeline — an artery carrying nearly five percent of the world's daily oil supply, engineered precisely to circumvent the vulnerabilities of the Strait of Hormuz. The attack, traced to Maysan province where Iran-aligned militias have long found shelter, forced a precautionary shutdown and injured several people before Iraqi forces located and seized the launch platform by Saturday. Baghdad responded with unusual swiftness and rhetorical clarity, invoking what it called 'preventive sovereignty'
Iraq seizes drone platform used in Saudi pipeline attack near Iranian border
Several people were injured in the drone strikes on the East-West pipeline.