Iraq seizes drone-launching platform used for targeting Saudi oil pipeline
- Saudi authorities trace the launch site to Maysan province in southeastern Iraq, near the Iranian border.
- Iraqi authorities have said their security forces have located and seized a drone-launching platform allegedly used in an attack that struck Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline.
- In a statement published by the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) on Saturday, Lieutenant General Saad Maan, head of Iraq’s Security Media Cell, said that an intelligence and security task force had tracked down and seized the launch equipment.
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- Saudi authorities trace the launch site to Maysan province in southeastern Iraq, near the Iranian border.
- Iraqi authorities have said their security forces have located and seized a drone-launching platform allegedly used in an attack that struck Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline.
- In a statement published by the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) on Saturday, Lieutenant General Saad Maan, head of Iraq’s Security Media Cell, said that an intelligence and security task force had tracked down and seized the launch equipment.
Sources: Al Jazeera