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SAUDI ARABIA Issue dated 17/02/2016

Riyadh inches forward with pan-Islamic force

Saudi Arabian defence minister Mohammed bin Salman is trying to convince the country's Sunni allies to support its armed intervention in Syria. Mohammed bin Zayed and Recept Tayyip Erdogan have answered the call so far. [...] (337 words)

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