Usagevpn.com – Saudi Arabia has suspended operations on a major oil pipeline after a drone attack from Iraq sparked a fire near Medina, adding fresh pressure to regional energy routes already strained by conflict.

The East-West pipeline connects Abqaiq, close to the Persian Gulf, with the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Its role is especially significant because it gives Saudi Arabia a way to move crude toward the Red Sea without relying entirely on the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway central to oil shipments from the Gulf.…