Saudi Arabia closes East-West pipeline, bypass route around Strait of Hormuz blockade, following Houthi attacks

Le Monde — Reports on a development concerning "Saudi Arabia closes the East-West pipeline, bypass route around the Strait of Hormuz blockade, following Houthi attacks," though the available excerpt does not allow the narrative to expand beyond the facts cited.

The available report indicates that since the start of the war in the Middle East, Riyadh has increased its reliance on this pipeline, which connects Abqaiq, near the Gulf, to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea, to circumvent the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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