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Trump says Iran probably hit the Saudi pipeline, Der Standard says Iraqi militias, Iraqi sources name nobody

Nine reports on a shut pipeline. Two name an attacker, and they name different ones. The Iraqi sources who place drone launch sites inside Iraq name no one at all.

Saudyjski rurociąg Wschód-Zachód zamknięty. Orlen: Dostawy realizowane bez zakłóceń
Saudyjski rurociąg Wschód-Zachód zamknięty. Orlen: Dostawy realizowane bez zakłóceń as published by Rzeczpospolita · seen at Rzeczpospolita
Geopolitics & international affairs Saudi Arabia Iraq Iran United States

The pipeline stopped. The Jerusalem Post, Rzeczpospolita and Der Standard each report that Saudi Arabia's East–West pipeline halted, and no report we hold says it kept running. None gives a barrel figure, a damage figure or a casualty figure.

Who fired is where the reports split.

Outlet Who it names as attacking Sourced to
The Jerusalem Post Iran, "probably" Trump, speaking to reporters
Der Standard "irakische Milizen" nobody — stated flat
LBCI, from Reuters nobody two unnamed Iraqi military sources
LBCI, from Al Jazeera nobody one unnamed Iraqi security source
Shargh nobody a named Iraqi border official
An-Nahar nobody the Lebanese presidency

The border. Two Iraqi military sources told Reuters the Tayyib area on the Iranian frontier was closed after drone launch sites were found. A security source told Al Jazeera that traces of launches were found near the Dweirij river in Maysan. Shargh carries the Iraqi border official Omar al-Waeli calling the measures at crossings with Iran "موقت" — temporary, for reorganisation — and does not mention drones.

The effect splits too. Der Standard expects fuel prices to rise. Rzeczpospolita leads on Orlen saying its crude deliveries run "bez zakłóceń" — without disruption.

Not settled: who fired, from where, and on whose order. Neither report that names an attacker presents evidence, and no report we hold carries a Saudi, Iranian or Iraqi answer to Trump's remark.

This story is about who attacked Saudi Arabia's main oil pipeline to the Red Sea, and from where.

How it got here. Most Saudi oil leaves by tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway Iran borders. In the 1980s, during the Iran–Iraq war, Saudi Arabia built the East–West pipeline. It carries crude across the kingdom from the eastern oil fields to Yanbu on the Red Sea, so exports can avoid Hormuz.

The pipeline has been hit before. In May 2019 drones struck its pumping stations. Yemen's Houthi movement claimed that attack. In September 2019 the Abqaiq and Khurais oil plants were struck. The Houthis claimed that attack too. The United States and Saudi Arabia blamed Iran, and Iran denied it. Riyadh and Tehran restored diplomatic ties in March 2023, in a deal brokered by China.

The region has become more tense since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023 and the war in Gaza began. Iran-aligned groups in Iraq launched drones at US forces and at Israel. The Houthis began attacking Red Sea shipping. In June 2025 Israel and Iran fought a short war, and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites.

The actors. - Saudi Arabia owns the pipeline. It needs the pipeline as its route around Hormuz. - Iran is Saudi Arabia's main regional rival. Donald Trump, US president since January 2025, named Iran as the probable attacker. - Iraq's armed groups. Several of them are aligned with Iran. Many sit inside the Popular Mobilisation Forces, which were formed in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group and are now part of Iraq's state forces. - Iraq's government is a partner of Washington and a neighbour of Iran. The drone launch sites were reported inside its territory. - The Houthis have held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since 2014 and have fought a Saudi-led coalition since 2015. Der Standard reports they want to close the Bab al-Mandab strait to the kingdom.

What is at stake. The pipeline ends on the Red Sea, and the Red Sea's southern exit is the Bab al-Mandab. If Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab are both threatened, Saudi Arabia loses both of its routes around the other. If the attack came from Iraq, Iraq's government could be pulled into a fight between Riyadh and Tehran.

Where it stands. The pipeline is shut. No report we hold carries a claim of responsibility or a Saudi, Iranian or Iraqi government statement on who did it.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Who attacked the Saudi East–West pipeline
  • Drone launch sites found on Iraqi soil
  • Whether the Tayyib crossing closed for security or for reorganisation
  • Whether the shutdown moved oil supply or prices
One attack, three answers to who firedSide by side
OutletWho it names as attackingIn whose voiceHedged?
The Jerusalem PostIranTrump, to reportersYes — "likely responsible"
Der StandardIraqi militiasthe report's own voiceNo — stated flat, unsourced
LBCI, from Reutersnobodytwo unnamed Iraqi military sources— no attacker named
LBCI, from Al Jazeeranobodyan unnamed Iraqi security source— no attacker named
RIA Novostinobodythe report's own voice— no attacker named
SharghnobodyIraqi border official Omar al-Waeli— no attacker named
An-Naharnobodythe Lebanese presidency— no attacker named
Rzeczpospolitanobodythe report's own voice, and Orlen— the pipeline stops itself
What each report says in its own words, measured from the published text with the quote attached. Not a judgement of any outlet.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Nach Angriffen auf Saudi-Pipeline und Huthi-Vormasch droht weiterer Ölpreis-Anstieg Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Saudyjski rurociąg Wschód-Zachód zamknięty. Orlen: Dostawy realizowane bez zakłóceń Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent عون أدان استهداف خط النفط السعودي: محاولة يائسة للعبث باستقرار المنطقة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ирак и Иран расследуют пуск беспилотников из районов у границы Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → What we have measured Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدر أمني عراقي للجزيرة: العثور على آثار تشير إلى إطلاق مسيرات قرب نهر دويريج بمحافظة ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the nine reports carryChart
A count of what we hold on this attack, not a judgement of any outlet.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Nach Angriffen auf Saudi-Pipeline und Huthi-Vormasch droht weiterer Ölpreis-Anstieg Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Saudyjski rurociąg Wschód-Zachód zamknięty. Orlen: Dostawy realizowane bez zakłóceń Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent عون أدان استهداف خط النفط السعودي: محاولة يائسة للعبث باستقرار المنطقة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent عون يدين استهداف خط أنابيب النفط السعودي ويؤكد تضامن لبنان الكامل مع المملكة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ирак и Иран расследуют пуск беспилотников из районов у границы Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → What we have measured Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدر أمني عراقي للجزيرة: العثور على آثار تشير إلى إطلاق مسيرات قرب نهر دويريج بمحافظة ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Thirty-eight minutes, seven accountsTimeline
  1. 2026-09-1213:31 published time, Shargh Shargh Iraqi official Omar al-Waeli says the measures at crossings with Iran are temporary, for reorganisation —no drones mentioned
  2. 2026-09-1213:34 published time, Der Standard Der Standard Iraqi militias attacked a central pipeline; fuel prices will probably rise —stated flat, no source
  3. 2026-09-1213:43 published time, The Jerusalem Post Trump, via The Jerusalem Post Iran likely responsible for an aerial attack launched from Iraq —no evidence given
  4. 2026-09-1213:52 published time, LBCI Two Iraqi military sources, via Reuters and LBCI the Tayyib border area with Iran closed after drone launch sites were found —sources unnamed
  5. 2026-09-1213:59 published time, Rzeczpospolita Rzeczpospolita the pipeline is shut; Orlen says its crude deliveries are undisrupted —no attacker named
  6. 2026-09-1214:01 published time, LBCI An Iraqi security source, via Al Jazeera and LBCI traces of drone launches found near the Dweirij river in Maysan —source unnamed
  7. 2026-09-1214:09 published time, RIA Novosti RIA Novosti Iraq and Iran are investigating the drone launches from areas near their border —headline only
Times as published, in UTC.
Sources Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Nach Angriffen auf Saudi-Pipeline und Huthi-Vormasch droht weiterer Ölpreis-Anstieg Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Saudyjski rurociąg Wschód-Zachód zamknięty. Orlen: Dostawy realizowane bez zakłóceń Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدر أمني عراقي للجزيرة: العثور على آثار تشير إلى إطلاق مسيرات قرب نهر دويريج بمحافظة ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ирак и Иран расследуют пуск беспилотников из районов у границы Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → What we have measured Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Three answers to who fired

One report says Iran, hedged and sourced to Trump. One says Iraqi militias, flat and sourced to nobody. One names no one at all and leads on refinery supply instead.

9 reports the desk holds on the pipeline 2 reports that name who attacked 1 reports that hedge that naming 7 reports that name no attacker

Nobody is hurt in any of these reports

No report gives a casualty figure, a damage figure or a barrel count. The measures carried instead are fuel prices, refinery supply and a closed border crossing. Four reports rest on unnamed Iraqi military or security sources.

0 reports giving a casualty figure 0 reports giving a volume or damage figure 4 reports built on an unnamed Iraqi source 2 reports quoting a named official
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Saudyjski rurociąg Wschód-Zachód zamknięty. Orlen: Dostawy realizowane bez zakłóceń Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Nach Angriffen auf Saudi-Pipeline und Huthi-Vormasch droht weiterer Ölpreis-Anstieg Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent عون أدان استهداف خط النفط السعودي: محاولة يائسة للعبث باستقرار المنطقة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent عون يدين استهداف خط أنابيب النفط السعودي ويؤكد تضامن لبنان الكامل مع المملكة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ирак и Иран расследуют пуск беспилотников из районов у границы Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → What we have measured Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدر أمني عراقي للجزيرة: العثور على آثار تشير إلى إطلاق مسيرات قرب نهر دويريج بمحافظة ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Saudi Arabia shut down its East–West oil pipeline after the attack.
The Jerusalem Post, Rzeczpospolita and Der Standard each report the pipeline stopped, and none of the reports we hold says it kept running. Rzeczpospolita adds that Orlen's crude deliveries continued regardless.
Checked against 3 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Saudyjski rurociąg Wschód-Zachód zamknięty. Orlen: Dostawy realizowane bez zakłóceń Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Nach Angriffen auf Saudi-Pipeline und Huthi-Vormasch droht weiterer Ölpreis-Anstieg Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Iran was responsible for the attack on the Saudi East–West pipeline.
The only basis in the reports we hold is Trump telling reporters Iran was "probably" responsible, carried by The Jerusalem Post and Welt from the same remarks — one account, and no report presents evidence. Der Standard attributes the pipeline attack to Iraqi militias without naming Iran as the party that ordered it.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Nach Angriffen auf Saudi-Pipeline und Huthi-Vormasch droht weiterer Ölpreis-Anstieg Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed Iraq closed the Tayeb border crossing with Iran because drone launch sites were found on Iraqi soil.
Two Iraqi military sources told Reuters, carried by LBCI, that the crossing was closed after launch sites were discovered, and a second Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera traces of drone launches were found near the Dweirij river in Maysan. Shargh quotes Iraqi border official Omar al-Waeli saying the measures at crossings with Iran are temporary and for reorganisation, giving no security reason.
Checked against 4 sources:
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدر أمني عراقي للجزيرة: العثور على آثار تشير إلى إطلاق مسيرات قرب نهر دويريج بمحافظة ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ирак и Иран расследуют пуск беспилотников из районов у границы Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → What we have measured Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

Р РИА Новости RIA Novosti
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures×1
Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named×1
Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman×1
Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 false2 misleading5 disputed38 unverified12 true
From 26630 reports we hold under this byline, at RIA Novosti, Regnum. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Alicja Podskoczy Rzeczpospolita
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania×1
Headline claim headline marks the drone as alleged while keeping the NATO fighter as the flat fact×1
Headline hedge headline marks the drone as alleged before the body corrects it×1
What is resolved carries the correction in the same paragraph as the alarm, and names who corrected it×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed3 true
From 123 reports we hold under this byline, at Rzeczpospolita. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 7 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ирак и Иран расследуют пуск беспилотников из районов у границы Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → What we have measured Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
The only report that has Iraq and Iran investigating the launches together, rather than Iraq alone.
Read it at RIA Novosti → https://ria.ru/20260912/iran-2117316603.html
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدر أمني عراقي للجزيرة: العثور على آثار تشير إلى إطلاق مسيرات قرب نهر دويريج بمحافظة ميسان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Adds a place: an Iraqi security source tells Al Jazeera that traces of drone launches were found near the Dweirij river in Maysan province.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/957276/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent عون أدان استهداف خط النفط السعودي: محاولة يائسة للعبث باستقرار المنطقة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries the Lebanese president Joseph Aoun's condemnation in full — a "desperate attempt to tamper with the region's stability" — without saying who attacked.
أدان رئيس الجمهورية اللبناني جوزف عون اليوم السبت استهداف خط أنابيب النفط الممتد من شرق المملكة العربية السعودية إلى غربها، معتبراً أن هذا الاعتداء الآثم يشكّل استهدافاً سافراً لمقدرات الشقيقة الكبرى ولأمنها القومي، ومحاولة يائسة للعبث باستقرار المنطقة وتهديد مصالح شعوبها.وأكّد في بيان أن لبنان، يقف إلى جانب المملكة العربية السعودية، وقيادتها الحكيمة وشعبها الشقيق، في مواجهة كل ما من شأنه المسّاس بأمنها واستقرارها وسلامة منشآتها الحيوية، مجدّداً التضامن الكامل والثابت مع خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود، وولي العهد الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز، وكل الإجراءات التي ت
Whose voice is quoted: one presidency statement relayed at length, its judgement words kept — “هذا الاعتداء الآثم يشكّل استهدافاً سافراً لمقدرات الشقيقة الكبرى ولأمنها القومي”
Who is left with no actor named: a full condemnation in which nobody is said to have fired — “هذا الاعتداء الآثم يشكّل استهدافاً سافراً لمقدرات الشقيقة الكبرى ولأمنها القومي”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/lebanon/346727/عون-أدان-استهداف-خط-النفط-السعود…
Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent Saudyjski rurociąg Wschód-Zachód zamknięty. Orlen: Dostawy realizowane bez zakłóceń Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Rzeczpospolita → What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that measures the attack in a refinery's supply: Orlen says crude deliveries to its plants continue, undisrupted, on diversified sources.
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Who is named as acting: no attacker named; the pipeline stops itself — “Arabia Saudyjska wstrzymała pracę kluczowego ropociągu w związku z serią ataków i napiętą sytuacją w regionie Morza Czerwonego.”
Which measure was chosen: the attack is no actor named; the measure is one refiner's supply — “Arabia Saudyjska wstrzymała pracę kluczowego ropociągu w związku z serią ataków i napiętą sytuacją w regionie Morza Czerwonego.”
Read it at Rzeczpospolita → https://energia.rp.pl/ropa/art45131141-saudyjski-rurociag-wschod-zachod…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent عون يدين استهداف خط أنابيب النفط السعودي ويؤكد تضامن لبنان الكامل مع المملكة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
دان رئيس الجمهورية العماد جوزاف عون، استهداف خط أنابيب النفط الممتد من شرق المملكة العربية السعودية...
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon/957273/%d8%b9%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%8a%d…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries the Reuters line that puts the launch sites on Iraqi soil: two Iraqi military sources say the Tayyib border area with Iran was closed after drone launch sites were found.
What is attributed: launch sites carried to two unnamed military sources — “مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة”
Whose voice is quoted: two unnamed Iraqi military sources place the launch sites on Iraqi soil — “مصدران عسكريان عراقيان لرويترز: إغلاق منطقة الطيب الحدودية مع إيران بعد اكتشاف مواقع لإطلاق طائرات مسيرة”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/breaking-news/957272/title/ar?src=rss&utm_…
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump says Iran probably responsible for attack on Saudi pipeline Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report we hold that names Iran, and it names it inside a hedge: Trump told reporters Iran was likely responsible for an aerial attack launched from Iraq.
Trump told reporters that Iran was likely responsible for an aerial attack launched from Iraq on Saudi Arabia that shut down its East-West pipeline.
Who is named as attacking: attributed to Trump, hedged with 'likely' — “Trump told reporters that Iran was likely responsible for an aerial attack launched from Iraq on Saudi Arabia that shut down its East-West pipeline.”
Who is named as acting: attacker named only inside a hedged attribution to one politician — “Trump told reporters that Iran was likely responsible for an aerial attack launched from Iraq on Saudi Arabia that shut down its East-West pipeline.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-908415
Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Nach Angriffen auf Saudi-Pipeline und Huthi-Vormasch droht weiterer Ölpreis-Anstieg Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that says Iraqi militias struck the pipeline, stated in the paper's own voice with no source and no hedge, and the only one forecasting higher pump prices.
Riad unter Druck Nach Angriffen auf Saudi-Pipeline und Huthi-Vormasch droht weiterer Ölpreis-Anstieg Doppelschlag gegen Riad: Die Huthis wollen die Meerenge Bab al-Mandab für das Königreich sperren, irakische Milizen griffen eine zentrale Pipeline an. Die Spritpreise werden wohl steigen Ein Satellitenbild lässt gehörige Schäden an der Pumpstation auf der Ost-West-Pipeline erahnen. Bestätigt sind sie bisher aber nicht. via REUTERS/2026 Planet Labs PBC Der Konflikt im Nahen Osten setzt den weltgrößten Ölexporteur Saudi-Arabien massiv unter Druck. Nach der iranischen Blockade der Straße von Hormu
Who is named as attacking: stated flat, no source attached — “irakische Milizen griffen eine zentrale Pipeline an”
Asserted vs attributed: stated flat in the report's own voice, with no source and no hedge — “irakische Milizen griffen eine zentrale Pipeline an”
Read it at Der Standard → https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000339480/nach-angriffen-auf-saudi…
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report with a named official on the border measures — Omar al-Waeli, calling them temporary and for reorganisation, with no mention of drones or of launch sites.
سیاست ۲۱ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۷:۰۱ عراق: اقدامات انجام‌شده در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران موقت است عمر الوائلی، در بیانیه‌ای اعلام کرد اقدامات اتخاذشده در شماری از گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت و با هدف ساماندهی و آماده‌سازی انجام شده است. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، رئیس سازمان گذرگاه‌های مرزی عراق تأکید کرد که اقدامات انجام‌شده برای ساماندهی فعالیت‌ها و افزایش آمادگی در گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت است. به گزارش خبرگزاری رسمی عراق (واع)، عمر الوائلی، در بیانیه‌ای اعلام کرد اقدامات اتخاذشده در شماری از گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت و با هدف ساماندهی و آماده‌سازی انجام شده است. وی افزود که این اقداما
Which measure was chosen: the border closure reframed as routine and temporary — “اقدامات اتخاذشده در شماری از گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت و با هدف ساماندهی و آماده‌سازی انجام شده است”
What is left vague: the border closure is recast as routine organisation; the drones are not mentioned — “اقدامات اتخاذشده در شماری از گذرگاه‌های مرزی با ایران، موقت و با هدف ساماندهی و آماده‌سازی انجام شده است”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127498
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International Court of Justice
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
International Court of Justice INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → International Criminal Court
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UN News INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actors named Names both vetoing states and the sponsor, and says what the draft would have created ×1Asserted versus attributed share of women and children among the dead given with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed Israel named as acting, stated in the report's own voice ×1Asymmetric verb The Iranian government's crimes are 'confirmed'. The US finding is only 'reasonable grounds'. The two findings are weighted differently in one sentence. ×1 from 439 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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