Étiqueté : ‘rapprochement’

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Iraqi elections to test Saudi rapprochement

Saudi Arabia’s courting of Iraq’s Shia religious and political leaders over the past year has marked a clear shift in Riyadh’s policies towards Baghdad. But this rapprochement can go in one of two directions, according to analysts. Riyadh’s efforts to engage Shia allies in Iraq could either defuse sectarianism across the country, or it could turn…

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What’s within the aid of Sudan’s ‘rapprochement’ with Russia?

On November 23, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir paid his first official visit to Russia, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu. The visit took place in defiance of the two arrest warrants for Bashir issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to a…