Speculation is rife that Iran is taking advantage of its rapprochement with Saudi to intensify its bullying of Kuwait over access to gas fields.
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- Saudi-Israel economic integration
- Unhappy China
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3- Chad President in the UAE
The last time Chad's President visited the UAE, planes started taking off from Abu Dhabi with weapons hidden amongst 'humanitarian' aid to be delivered to Hemedti's rebel militia in Sudan.
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'Bin Salman and Macron struggle to agree on #Lebanon, #Ukraine, #Russia, and energy prices. But the primary purpose of Bin Salman's trip to Paris is not to see him or agree on any of these issues…'
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Iran has no intention of retreating from #Yemen, #Iraq, #Syria, or #Lebanon. Instead, all signs indicate that Iran's allies will be allowed to further entrench themselves.
Here's why #SaudiArabia has agreed to allow that in exchange for a truce
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"Many OPEC economies were battered by low oil prices over last decade. It makes sense therefore that they would want to protect high oil prices. However, for #SaudiArabia, the surprise cuts are just as much driven by politics as they are by economics"
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'Many Tunisians will be surprised that Saied has gone "where no one dared to go before him" in arresting Kamal Ltaief, and the arrest may well temper criticism of Saied from his supporters of having achieved "nothing" for them since seizing power'
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Tensions between Egypt and Saudi:
'Saudi+UAE have impressed upon Sisi that he should push the army to loosen its grip and sell assets to them. Sisi however is....' 👉 https://t.co/nfeSxsH95s
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Biden's does not want another flare-up in #Palestine that would raise another public moral question at a time he wants to present himself as leading a righteous cause against Putin in Ukraine. Blinken has gone to tell Netanyahu that "this is not the time" -https://t.co/O25tbfnKjq