Saudi Arabia shuts its East-West pipeline after drone attacks launched from Iraq

• Ghana

  «Accra is measuring the impact of the closure of the Saudi East-West oil pipeline on an already strained oil market due to the war in the Red Sea, fearing a lasting surge in prices for West African importing economies.»

  What each one tells

  opposition

  Iran

  «Tehran denies any involvement in the drone attack on the Saudi oil pipeline and denounces an American accusation without evidence, instead pointing to the Yemeni front opened by the allied forces of Sanaa.»

• Ghana

  of diplomatic restraint

  «the narrative highlights the Saudi choice not to retaliate rather than the military developments on the Iraqi ground.»

  Relies on Western agencies

  «the two headlines base their figures on data relayed by an international agency rather than a regional source of their own.»

  What the account puts first

  Iran

  Focus on the US electoral calendar

  «the press links the Trump accusation to the November electoral calendar rather than to material evidence.»

  Emphasis on the allied Yemeni voice

  «the narrative relies on the claim made by the Houthi spokesman to illustrate the transparency attributed to the allies.»

• Ghana

  this perspective does not carry this information

  What it leaves out

  Iran only

  Iran

  the Saudi pipeline itself

  «the article about the Iraqi attack quickly shifts to an internal Lebanese debate without detailing the oil consequences.»

and the figures

• this press does not report this figure

  Daily transport volume before closure

  millions of barrels per day

  this press does not report this figure

• this press does not report this figure

  Maximum capacity of the East-West pipeline

  millions of barrels per day

  this press does not report this figure

• above $100 a barrel

  MyJoyOnline

  Price of a barrel of crude oil after the attack

  dollars per barrel

  only one reports it

  this press does not report this figure