ing." They fear he sees this as a good democratization process that could well lead to U.S. support for similar movements in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States. They don't see the Arab Spring as democratization; they see it as an extremist Muslim challenge to their rule. Arab leaders don't think Obama unde

sition in exile, including several worthy academics and veteran opponents, are providing political cover for these more violent elements. Some Arab Gulf States persist in viewing the region through a sectarian prism. They are worried by Iran's alleged hegemonic ambitions. They are unhappy that Iraq -- once

rl Square. The minority Sunni government began its final push to end the growing protests after a force of 1,000 soldiers from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States arrived to lend support to the Al-Khalifa regime. There were reports of live ammunition being fired at protestors in addition to rubber bullets an

National Council, who is=visiting New York to lobby members of the Security Council. I learned from=her the followings: 1.The United States forbid Gulf States from providing the Syrian Free Army =ith the weapons necessary to effectively defend themselves. I advised them=to pursue this matter with London; U

orwarded message: From: BESA Cente Date: February 27, 2017 at 05:04:30 EST To: Subject: Iran Wants to Leverage Aleppo into a Campaign Against th= Gulf States and Israel, by Yossi Mansharof Reply-To: BESA Cent the 1 EFTA_R1_01391426 EFTA02378819