Saudi Arabia has shut a key oil pipeline after a drone attack was launched from Iraq, prompting Iraqi authorities to remove a military commander and begin investigations into the incident.
The attack is understood to have come from an area of Iraq close to the border with Iran. No further details were provided in the supplied material about the target, the scale of any damage, or whether there were casualties.
Iraq has responded by removing a military commander connected to the area from which the attack was launched. Authorities have also opened investigations, indicating that the incident is being treated as a serious security matter.
The closure of a key Saudi oil pipeline marks a significant operational response by the kingdom, although the supplied information does not specify how long the shutdown is expected to last or what effect it may have on oil flows.
The latest known position is that the pipeline has been shut, the Iraqi commander has been removed, and investigations are under way into how the drone attack was launched from Iraqi territory near Iran’s border.
