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Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
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Iran -Saudi relations after Saudi Arabia's action against leaders of Shiites in eastern Saudi Arabia
01/02/2016
Grouped Articles
Iranian Protesters Ransack Saudi Embassy After Execution of Shiite Cleric
New York Times 01/02/2016
Saudi Arabia’s reckless regime - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/2016
Bahrain, Sudan cut ties with Tehran as crisis widens in Saudi-Iran split - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Cuts Its Diplomatic Ties With Iran
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric’s Execution
New York Times 01/03/2016
Iran's relations with Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East
12/15/2011
Grouped Articles
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal: An Ally Frets About American Retreat
Wall Street Journal 11/22/2013
U.S. and Saudis in Growing Rift as Power Shifts
New York Times 11/25/2013
Gulf States and Qatar Gloss Over Differences, but Split Still Hampers Them
New York Times 12/20/2014
Saudi Arabia Promises to Match Iran in Nuclear Capability
New York Times 05/13/2015
WikiLeaks Shows a Saudi Obsession With Iran
New York Times 07/16/2015
Iranian Protesters Ransack Saudi Embassy After Execution of Shiite Cleric
New York Times 01/02/2016
Saudi Arabia and president Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in Juy 2015
07/17/2015
Karen Elliott House, a widely respected expert on Saudi Arabia, provides an exceptional assessment of the Saudi situation and the Middle East as the Obama administration reaches a final agreement on a nuclear deal with Iran in July 2015, which involves unfreezing of about $100 billion in assets by the end of 2015, and the removal of economic sanctions. It also includes a lifting of the arms embargo on Iran. She points out that the Saudis have few options in the short term, and how this could change the situation in the Middle East if Iran uses funds to support proxies in the Middle East.
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Obama Pours Gas on the Mideast Fire
Wall Street Journal 07/17/2015
The Iran Deal’s Collapsing Rationale
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2015
Saudi Arabia’s reckless regime - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/2016
Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01/27/2016
Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia Meet, but Deep Rifts Remain
New York Times 04/20/2016
ISIS (Islamic State) and the different interests in the Middle East region- the U.S. under the Obama administration, Turkey under Erdogan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Russia under Putin and Iran under Khamanei in 2015-2016
10/16/2015
Turkey's Erdogan is fighting PKK and Kurds, as he faces domestic opposition with Kurdish parties doing well in the recent election, Israel is focussed on Iran's growing influence, the Saudis in protecting Sunni interests and limiting Iranian influence, the U.S. under the Obama administration focussed on limiting the U.S. involvement to an extraordinary degree, and Putin supporting the Iranian government.
Grouped Articles
Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
Islamic State Understands One Thing: Force
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2015
Turkey Shoots Down Russian Military Jet
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2015
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2015
Russia, West Diverge on Military Tactics in Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/16/2015
Houthis in Yemen - Iranian influence in Yemen and the Saudi response
03/23/2015
Houthi rebels from northern Yemen- belonging to an offshoot of Shiite Islam- oust the government in Sanaa and move south to take Taiz, an airforce base in the south, and Aden. Iran supports the Houthi rebels in Yemen and the country fractures between Sunnis and Shiites, with sectarian conflict. This is part of a wider conflict in the region with the Gulf States, Saudi, Turkey and other countries taking sides in the conflict in Syria and Iraq. In 2015 the differences between the Saudis and Qatar are being bridged with the expansion in Iran's influence in the region, including Syria and Iraq. The conflict in Yemen draws the Sunni side together against Shiite Iran with the Saudi airstrikes on targets in Yemen.
Grouped Articles
Chaos in Yemen Stymies U.S. Counterterror Operations
Wall Street Journal 03/23/2015
The Rising Menace From Disintegrating Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Houthi Militants Protest After Saudi Arabia Airstrikes in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Obama Struggles With a Messy Middle East
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2015
U.S. Boosts Aid in Saudi-Led Fight To Defeat Rebel Force in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Saudi-Led Forces Blockade Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/31/2015
Iran's relations with Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
Bahrain, Sudan cut ties with Tehran as crisis widens in Saudi-Iran split - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Cuts Its Diplomatic Ties With Iran
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric’s Execution
New York Times 01/03/2016
Domestic Issues Fuel Saudi-Iranian Crisis
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2016
Iran, Emerging From Sanctions, Faces Crisis After Saudi Arabia Embassy Attack
New York Times 01/04/2016
The U.S. air support of Saudi air strikes in Yemen and the Iraqi army at Tikrit- 2015
03/28/2015
The U.S. finds itself on both sides of the conflict involving Iran after years of inaction under the Obama administration- using airstrikes for supporting the Saudis against Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who advanced into the southern port city of Aden in March 2015, and using airstrikes supporting the Iraqi army at Tikrit. Policy determined by an evolving situation in the Middle East reacting to facts on the ground at each step, and not able to formulate a coherent policy, after leaving the region to the influence of regional powers and sectarian conflicts under the Obama administration.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Boosts Aid in Saudi-Led Fight To Defeat Rebel Force in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Iraqi Forces in No Hurry to Expel ISIS From Tikrit
New York Times 03/28/2015
Saudi-Led Forces Blockade Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/31/2015
Saudi Arabia and Yemen: The test for a new monarch
Economist 04/05/2015
U.S. Widens Role in Saudi-led Campaign Against Houthi Rebels in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2015
Mohammad Javad Zarif: A Message From Iran
New York Times 04/20/2015
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