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Riyadh rethinks military without US

US moves in the region in the past couple of years have prompted some serious thought in Saudi Arabia: Despite the two countries' alliance, would Barack Obama intervene militarily if the Saudi monarchy came under threat? Doubts have been fuelled [...] (560 words)

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