東西向輸油管線遭來自伊拉克的無人機攻擊，並基於預防措施關閉

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東西向輸油管於9月10日星期四上午在利雅德與麥地那地區遭到攻擊。能源部表示，在遭受多次攻擊後，基於預防措施已關閉該管線，並有數人受傷需要就醫；外交部於次日表示，該管線遭到數架來自伊拉克的無人機攻擊，應伊拉克總理的要求，沙烏地阿拉伯在現階段不會回應，並保留採取一切必要措施以保護其主權、安全與關鍵設施的權利。伊拉克表示其調查顯示無人機是從Maysan省發射的，解除Maysan作戰司令部指揮官的職務，並下令成立調查委員會。衛星分析報告兩座泵站受到顯著的打擊影響，其中一座有大範圍火災損害；營運方尚未公布任何損害評估。沒有任何團體宣稱發動此次攻擊。

THE HORMUZ ALTERNATIVE ITSELF WAS ATTACKED, on the same morning the port at the head of the Red Sea outlet it delivers to changed hands. The pipeline exists to move Saudi crude away from one contested strait; within forty-eight hours the route was under pressure at its middle and at its mouth. This was also the first attack on Saudi territory in this war launched from Iraq, and Riyadh's decision not to respond is a fact about Saudi choice, not about Saudi capability. The shutdown is what the Ministry of Energy announced; how long the line stays down, and what was actually damaged, are not established here.

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