Feuding Friends Frustrate Saudi Efforts to Counter Iran
Fellow Sunni powers Egypt, Turkey disagree on greater threat: Shiite Iran or political Islam/ In its regional confrontation with Tehran, Saudi Arabia counts on the two fellow Sunni powers with the same heft as Shiite Iran—Egypt and Turkey. In that strategic triangle, Turkey has indeed emerged as Saudi Arabia’s main ally in the Syrian conflict. Riyadh and Ankara both support Sunni Islamist rebels fighting against the Iran-backed Syrian regime, and have intensified their cooperation in recent months.
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