Islamabad, 10 November, 2026 (Ghufran): Saudi Arabia’s strategic East-West oil pipeline has reportedly come under attack again, triggering a limited fire in the Madinah region, although authorities confirmed that the blaze was quickly brought under control and oil transportation remained uninterrupted. According to Al Jazeera, a Saudi Ministry of Energy official said the pipeline was targeted on Monday, November 9, in the western region of Madinah. Emergency response teams and specialised technical units were immediately dispatched to the site and successfully extinguished the fire, Saudi state media reported. Authorities confirmed that no casualties were reported and the pipeline’s operations continued normally without disruption. However, no group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, and Saudi officials have not publicly identified those behind it. The approximately 1,200-kilometre-long pipeline transports crude oil from Saudi Arabia’s eastern oil-producing regions to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Its strategic importance has increased amid tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and disruptions to maritime oil shipments. Saudi Arabia is currently using the route to transport approximately four million barrels of crude oil per day, equivalent to nearly four per cent of global oil supply. Al Jazeera reported that the pipeline was also shut down for several days in September following drone attacks. Saudi Arabia had blamed armed groups operating from Iraq for those strikes.