Türkiye's Fidan calls Saudi counterpart after drone attacks shut key pipeline

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed a wave of drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline with his Saudi counterpart, a Turkish diplomatic source said, after Riyadh shut the line as a precaution following strikes that Saudi officials say were launched from Iraq. The call comes weeks after Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual-defense pact modelled on NATO's Article 5, giving Ankara a direct stake in Gulf security. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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