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Saudi Arabia shut a major oil pipeline after a drone attack launched from Iraq, prompting Iraqi authorities to remove a military commander and open an investigation into an attack area bordering Iran. Saudi civil defense also issued and lifted alert warnings in Abha and Khamis Mushait as tensions in the region intensified. A Saudi-led coalition later said 13 civilians were wounded and at least seven homes and two vehicles damaged in Houthi attacks on Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif. According to a Reuters report, Saudi Arabia may need five to six weeks to fully repair the pipeline, temporarily removing nearly four percent of global oil supply from the market; Brent crude rose roughly three percent to near $108 per barrel. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Monday he expected the pipeline to resume operations "very soon." The escalation has also exposed strains in a new Pakistan-Saudi-Turkey defense pact signed in Mecca, with analysts noting a gap between the agreement's collective-defense promises and the allies' actual military response to the Houthi attacks, the first real test of the pact.