New York Times: Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric’s Execution
BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday and gave Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the kingdom, intensifying a strategic and sectarian rivalry that underpins conflicts across the Middle East.
The surprise move, announced in a news conference by Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, followed harsh criticism by Iranian leaders of the execution of an outspoken Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, in Saudi Arabia and the storming of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran by protesters in response.
The cutting of diplomatic ties came as the United States and other countries were hoping that even limited cooperation between the two powers could help end the crushing civil wars in Syria and Yemen and ease tensions in Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanon and elsewhere.
Instead, analysts feared it would increase sectarian divisions and investment in proxy battles.
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2 comments:
There's always Iraq.
news report, Jan 1: After a 25-year hiatus Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad.
Or maybe not.
When i see this news in Saudi Arab Online so i think Saudi Arab knows very well what thing is better in our country that's why they cut diplomatic ties with Iran.
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