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Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline — the one alternative route for its oil exports whenever the Strait of Hormuz is unsafe — was shut down for nine days in September 2026 after a drone strike traced to launch sites inside Iraq, part of a wave of attacks that Saudi officials say has topped nearly 1,000 since February. The pipeline is running again as of September 22, but the deeper problem hasn't ..