... government in Lebanon, Iraq and Algeria, Turkey and Iran
“When I thought I had already reached the ... ... of conflict in spheres of influence between Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey and other rising regional ... ... intransigence concerning the Palestinian issue, East Jerusalem and the expectation that the Israeli government ... ... countries is a “to be or not to be”. KSA and the UAE will try through some agents to target the leader ... ... great extent a replica of Sultan Qaboos’ policies.
Qatar
The Qatar crisis will be not solved as the recent ...
... aspiration to re-emerge as a leader of the Islamic world. The Qatari government continued to search for any niches where they ... ... interests independent of Riyadh.
On 5 June 2017, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and five other ... ... also recalled their ambassadors from Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain suspended flights to Qatar and shut their land ... ... hand, may prove unacceptable to the Saudis. Despite Hamas’s and Iran’s differences over Syria, Tehran continued to
support the ...
... distance itself from the Gulf.
It’s amazing that it’s taken us so long to realize how much our money going into Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other Gulf states comes back to haunt us: though Joe Biden recently got in trouble for saying so, support for ISIS ... ... into being an apartheid-like political pariah within the Western world.
4.) There’s a good chance for a thaw/deal with Iran in the near future.
More than any president since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Obama has shown an energy and a willingness ...