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Iraq Fires Maysan Commander After Drone Attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Pipeline

Bloomberg Markets Saturday 12 September 2026, 12:03 UTC By Devika Krishna Kumar and Khalid Al-Ansary 1 min read
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Closure of Critical Saudi Oil Pipeline Puts Iraq Under Pressure The closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline sparked further fallout on Saturday after the attacks were determined to have been launched from inside Iraq. Early on Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi fired the operations commander of Maysan province and ordered an investigation after finding that attacks targeting the pipeline came from a site within the region, which borders Iran, according to a statement.

Closure of Critical Saudi Oil Pipeline Puts Iraq Under Pressure The closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline sparked further fallout on Saturday after the attacks were determined to have been launched from inside Iraq. Early on Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi fired the operations commander of Maysan province and ordered an investigation after finding that attacks targeting the pipeline came from a site within the region, which borders Iran, according to a statement.
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