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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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A lot happened at the UN regarding #Sudan. Here is what you need to know:
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1 - G20 Summit in India:
- Ukraine
- Pakistan-Saudi relations
- African Union
- Saudi-Israel economic integration
- Unhappy China
- Are BRICS members US or China allies?
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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Saudi says it has halted normalisation talks with Israel. Has it actually?
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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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Assad is back in the Arab League because it is one of Iran’s conditions for a truce with Saudi.
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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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Bin Salman officially divorces the #Saudi founding of the state from #Islam...
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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....' 👉 intlinterest.com/tensions-be…
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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" -intlinterest.com/netanyahu-i…
#Sweden is frustrated with #Turkiye in its bid to join NATO. But the problem actually lies in Washington...
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