Where the East-West Pipeline Actually Burned

Baghdad Says the Drones Flew From Maysan. Thermal Data and a Post-Attack Optical Frame Put the Damage on a 110-Kilometer Stretch Southeast of Medina, 1,100 Kilometers Away.
On the morning of Thursday, September 10, drones struck Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, the 1,200-kilometer line from Abqaiq to Yanbu that has carried most of the kingdom’s exports since Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz. The Ministry of Energy shut the line “as a precautionary measure” and reported injuries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs then said the drones came from Iraq and that Riyadh, at the request of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi, had “chosen not to respond at this stage.” Early on Saturday, Baghdad said its investigation had traced the launches to Maysan province on the Iranian border and dismissed the commander of Maysan Operations Command. That is the whole public record.







