A drone strike has forced Saudi Arabia to shut down its East-West oil pipeline, the kingdom's strategic artery for moving crude to the Red Sea without passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Riyadh attributes the attack to Iraqi origins, raising questions not only about cross-border drone capabilities but about who truly controls the armed factions operating within Iraq's borders. The closure removes a critical redundancy from global energy infrastructure at a moment when markets are already strained, concentrating an even greater share of the world's daily oil flows through one of its most cont