It appears that it will be quite a long time before Iran and Saudi Arabia settle their power struggle.
It appears that it will be quite a long time before Iran and Saudi Arabia settle their power struggle.
Power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran hampers peace process
Hardliners on both sides of the diplomatic rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran are dashing any hopes of peace for Syria and Yemen.
This is not the first time that Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic ties with Iran. It happened once before, in 1988. Then, too, the Saudi embassy in Tehran was stormed. Ties were only re-established in 1990, after common enemy Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
But unlike then, the escalating hegemonic conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran now has consequences that extend far beyond both states and into the whole region.
Both countries are deeply involved in the wars in Syria and Yemen and are also at odds with each other in Iraq. Any hope of a breakthrough in Syria depends on rapprochement between the Saudis and Iranians, Julian Barnes-Dacey of the European Council on Foreign Relations told DW. It would have been a tremendous diplomatic feat to bring Tehran and Riyadh to the negotiating table in Vienna to discuss Syria's future. According to Barnes-Dacey, the latest incidents have made the prospects of any progress on the issue much more difficult.
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Hardliners on both sides of the diplomatic rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran are dashing any hopes of peace for Syria and Yemen.
This is not the first time that Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic ties with Iran. It happened once before, in 1988. Then, too, the Saudi embassy in Tehran was stormed. Ties were only re-established in 1990, after common enemy Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
But unlike then, the escalating hegemonic conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran now has consequences that extend far beyond both states and into the whole region.
Both countries are deeply involved in the wars in Syria and Yemen and are also at odds with each other in Iraq. Any hope of a breakthrough in Syria depends on rapprochement between the Saudis and Iranians, Julian Barnes-Dacey of the European Council on Foreign Relations told DW. It would have been a tremendous diplomatic feat to bring Tehran and Riyadh to the negotiating table in Vienna to discuss Syria's future. According to Barnes-Dacey, the latest incidents have made the prospects of any progress on the issue much more difficult.
Continue reading at:
Power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran hampers peace process | Middle East | DW.COM | 06.01.2016?
It appears that it will be quite a long time before Iran and Saudi Arabia settle their power struggle.
Power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran hampers peace process
Hardliners on both sides of the diplomatic rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran are dashing any hopes of peace for Syria and Yemen.
This is not the first time that Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic ties with Iran. It happened once before, in 1988. Then, too, the Saudi embassy in Tehran was stormed. Ties were only re-established in 1990, after common enemy Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
But unlike then, the escalating hegemonic conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran now has consequences that extend far beyond both states and into the whole region.
Both countries are deeply involved in the wars in Syria and Yemen and are also at odds with each other in Iraq. Any hope of a breakthrough in Syria depends on rapprochement between the Saudis and Iranians, Julian Barnes-Dacey of the European Council on Foreign Relations told DW. It would have been a tremendous diplomatic feat to bring Tehran and Riyadh to the negotiating table in Vienna to discuss Syria's future. According to Barnes-Dacey, the latest incidents have made the prospects of any progress on the issue much more difficult.
Continue reading at:
Power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran hampers peace process | Middle East | DW.COM | 06.01.2016?
Hardliners on both sides of the diplomatic rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran are dashing any hopes of peace for Syria and Yemen.
This is not the first time that Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic ties with Iran. It happened once before, in 1988. Then, too, the Saudi embassy in Tehran was stormed. Ties were only re-established in 1990, after common enemy Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
But unlike then, the escalating hegemonic conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran now has consequences that extend far beyond both states and into the whole region.
Both countries are deeply involved in the wars in Syria and Yemen and are also at odds with each other in Iraq. Any hope of a breakthrough in Syria depends on rapprochement between the Saudis and Iranians, Julian Barnes-Dacey of the European Council on Foreign Relations told DW. It would have been a tremendous diplomatic feat to bring Tehran and Riyadh to the negotiating table in Vienna to discuss Syria's future. According to Barnes-Dacey, the latest incidents have made the prospects of any progress on the issue much more difficult.
Continue reading at:
Power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran hampers peace process | Middle East | DW.COM | 06.01.2016?
