🔻 Ground attack on Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline in Medina area.
Saudi Arabia's official news agency reported, citing a source in the Ministry of Energy, that the Saudi East-West oil pipeline in the Medina region was the target of a ground attack.
According to this report, the rescue forces contained the "limited fire" caused by the ground attack and there was no disruption to the pipeline.
The East-West strategic pipeline, managed by Saudi Aramco, is 1,200 km long, and through Saudi Arabia, it helps this country to export its oil without the need for the Strait of Hormuz.
Saudi authorities did not explain the reason for the ground attack.
Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis, who are at war with Saudi Arabia, have repeatedly attacked Saudi oil infrastructure with drones and missiles.