Emirates Broker Saudi-Egyptian Rift, Harness Cairo to Gulf Security
The Gulf emirates are bending every effort toward patching up the quarrel marring relations between King Salman of Saudi Arabia
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Gexit after Brexit: Oman Wants out of Gulf Alliance
With the world’s attention focused on the UK’s “Brexit” referendum, no one noticed the trickle-down effect 7,500 kilometers away on
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GCC leaders reject Obama’s Middle East policy
debkafile’s intelligence sources and its sources in the Gulf report exclusively that US President Barack Obama failed to convince the
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On Gulf Visit, Obama Aims for Saudi-Iran Detente
US President Barack Obama will make his final trip to the Persian Gulf as president when he visits Saudi Arabia
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Sidelined in Syria, Saudis Target Hizballah on Its Lebanese Home Ground
Frustrated by setbacks in Yemen and sidelined in the Syrian war, Saudi Arabia has opened a desperate new front targeting
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No Leeway for Turkey and Gulf Nations in Obama-Putin Pact for Syria
Last week, as soon as soon as Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin finalized their pact for ending the Syrian
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Tehran Ready to Scrap Past Dogma for Quick Solutions to the Syrian Crisis
Tehran is going full tilt ahead with its single-handed drive for ending the Syrian conflict, after giving up on US
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US and Russia Head up New Grouping for Fighting ISIS, Sustaining Assad in Power
US Secretary of State John Kerry was joined by his old sparring partner Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Saudi
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The Arab World Seen in Washington as Disintegrating in Bloody, Hopeless Wars
The first Middle East leader to comment on the newly-signed nuclear deal in Vienna on July 14 was one of
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Americans Now Give Saudi King Salman a Solid Six-to-Eight Years
For two years, US official experts predicted strongly that Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who succeeded Abdullah in January at
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