Satellite images show extent of damage to Saudi Arabia’s oil pipeline that bypasses Strait of Hormuz
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Satellite photos show the extent of the damage caused by a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, a highly strategic network that transports crude oil from Abqaiq on the kingdom's eastern Gulf coast to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.
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What happened
Satellite photos show the extent of the damage caused by a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, a highly strategic network that transports crude oil from Abqaiq on the kingdom's eastern Gulf coast to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.
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