A Saudi Pipeline Attack Amps Up Suspicions on the Arabian Peninsula

Khalid al-Falih, Saudi Arabia's energy minister, confirmed May 14 that two drones launched by the Yemen-based Houthis had targeted two pumping stations along Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, which carries oil from fields in Eastern province to the Red Sea. This follows a May 12 incident off the coast near the UAE port of Fujairah that damaged four oil tankers, including two Saudi-owned vessels. Taken together, the attacks raise questions over whether oil and gas infrastructure in the region is being targeted either directly by Iran or by Iranian-linked regional militias in retribution for U.S. attempts to reduce Iranian oil and gas exports to zero....