Iraq Continues to Disintegrate

... security system on the basis of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (which includes Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain) represented another instrument of deterrence, although one still lacking efficiency. Saudi Arabia could ... ... country with combat-ready armed forces (chiefly Jordan and Morocco). Removing Nuri al-Maliki AFP / LOUAI BESHARA Elena Suponina: Shiites and Sunnis: The Danger of Major War from Syria to Pakistan Destabilization of Iraq – the “pearl” in ...