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Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA UNITED KINGDOM Issue dated 26/04/2017

Sauds back in favour at the White House

Donald Trump and Mohammed Bin Salman at the White House the march 14 ©Bloomberg

US generals now running US foreign policy under Trump have opened the door of the White House to Saudi Arabia, after eight years of Riyadh being shunned by the Obama administration. [...]

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