Iraq Under Pressure After Drone Strikes Close Key Saudi Pipeline

By Khalid Al-Ansary and Devika Krishna Kumar

Sep 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iraq is moving to contain the fallout from attacks that caused the closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, after the strikes were found to have been launched from inside the country.

Early on Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi fired the operations commander of Maysan province and ordered an investigation after determining that attacks targeting the pipeline came from a site within the region, which borders Iran, according to a statement.

Saudi Arabia shut the conduit as a precautionary measure on Friday after several drones attacked the major pipeline in the Riyadh