Although it has cautiously kept its distance from the Iraqi conflict, Saudi Arabia now strands the risk of being drawn into the cauldron - faced with Iran’s increasing activism and Washington’s temptation to withdraw its forces, Riyadh is ringing with ever-stronger cries to form a Sunni shield to fend off a “Shi’ite crescent” that would stretch from Tehran to Beirut via Baghdad.(...)
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