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A Shaken Saudi Arabia Struggles To Navigate Dangerous Crossroads (S01E180)
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Paris
Just a few months ago, it looked as though Saudi Arabia would be fine. It seemed it alone among the Gulf states would withstand and perhaps even profit from the chaos ignited by the unprovoked February 28 US and Israeli military attack on Iran and the subsequent warfare and economic fallout. That all ended when Saudi stumbled into a renewal of its disastrous war with Yemen’s Ansar Allah, or the Houthis.
In the latest episode of badlands, renowned Middle East scholar and Saudi…
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