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Reducing Middle East tensions? Saudi-UAE moves hint at willingness to engage with Iran

Reducing Middle East tensions? Saudi-UAE moves hint at willingness to engage with Iran

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Aug 16, 2017
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Source: Shahriyar Gourgi / LinkedIn

By James M. Dorsey

Recent moves by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates suggest that the two Gulf states may be looking for ways to reduce tensions with Iran that permeate multiple conflicts wracking the Middle East and North Africa.

The moves, including a rapprochement with Iraq and a powerful Iraqi Shiite religiou…

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