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ompensate Egypt for lost American military assistance. The Syrian crisis and the US administration's reluctant position towards acting against the Bashar Al-Assad regime came to add to the sources of difference, particularly after the Obama administration retreated from its threats to strike Al-Assad's regime
reats to strike Al-Assad's regime and engaged in a deal on Syrian EFTA00705807 chemical weapons, which gave another opportunity of survival to Al- Assad. The major source of the US-Saudi difference, however, came on Iran — particularly after the initial agreement on its nuclear programme, which Saud
with Saudi Arabia in 1933, and the summit meeting between US president Franklin D Roosevelt and king Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud on 14 February 1945, the Saudi Kingdom has been ally to the United States, where the kingdom relied on the US security umbrella and was one of Washington's instruments for fighting commu
nt position towards acting against the Bashar Al-Assad regime came to add to the sources of difference,
compensate Egypt for lost American military assistance. The Syrian crisis and the US administration's reluctant position towards acting against the Bashar Al-Assad regime came to add to the sources of difference, particularly after the Obama administration retreated from its threats to strike Al-Assad's regim
s with Saudi Arabia in 1933, and the summit meeting between US president Franklin D Roosevelt and king Abdul- Aziz Ibn Saud on 14 February 1945, the Saudi Kingdom has been ally to the United States, where the kingdom relied on the US security umbrella and was one of Washington's instruments for fighting comm
cyber and covert war have had some effect, and the unraveling situation in Syria -- where Iran has remained a stalwart ally of embattled President Bashar al-Assad -- has isolated Tehran even further. Meanwhile, the Israelis can keep the world focused on their agenda and on the edge of their collective chairs,
ther. At the same time, Iran is committed to at the very least developing the capacity to weaponize, should it decide to do so. And the fall of the Assads, when it comes, may only add to Tehran's fear of Sunni encirclement and accelerate its drive for the ultimate weapon. None of this means it ain't g
would not have changed to such an extent. Had Iran been a Sunni state for the past 400 years, positions would not have changed towards it, and the Saudi Kingdom would have dealt with the Sunni-based Egyptian government according to its political choices rather than its religious sect. The same is true for T
cyber and covert war have had some effect, and the unraveling situation in Syria -- where Iran has remained a stalwart ally of embattled President Bashar al-Assad -- has isolated Tehran even further. Meanwhile, the Israelis can keep the world focused on their agenda and on the edge of their collective chairs
her. At the same time, Iran is committed to at the very least developing the capacity to weaponize, should it decide to do so. And the fall of the Assads, when it comes, may only add to Tehran's fear of Sunni encirclement and accelerate its drive for the ultimate weapon. None of this means it ain't
s. Shiites comprise the majority of the Bahraini people, a large proportion of the Iraqi people and one third of Lebanese society. Previously, the Saudi Kingdom did not deal with these people on a sectarian basis, except for its own [Shiite] citizens. However, today, the Kingdom looks at Iraq, Bahrain, Yeme
Entities connected to both Bashar al-Assad and Saudi Kingdom

Barack Obama
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George W. Bush
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United States
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Lebanon
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Bill Clinton
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Hosni Mubarak
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Middle East
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Cairo
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Saddam Hussein
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Yemen
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Marc Rich
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Jerusalem
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Bahrain
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Fatah
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Mahmoud Abbas
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West Bank
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