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...Additional reporting by Michael Peel and Abeer Allam...
...It looks like they [the US] have lost interest in the region,” says Hussein Shobokshi, a Jeddah-based economist. “Nothing has changed in Iran, its policy has not changed,” he said....
...“Supporting the rebels is a strategic decision in Saudi foreign policy, like supporting the government in Egypt,’’ said Hussein Shobokshi, a Jeddah-based columnist....
...A Kurdish guerrilla during Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship, Mr Talabani became president after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq toppled the regime and opened the way to a bloody civil war....
...But most analysts say the Sunni dissent has deeper roots in feelings of discrimination since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 overturned the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, a Sunni who oppressed both Shia...
...Additional reporting by Abeer Allam...
...Reporting by Geoff Dyer in Washington, Michael Peel and Abeer Allam in Abu Dhabi, Abigail Fielding-Smith in Beirut...
...“He is an old hand on the Iran-Syria file,” said Hussein Shobokshi, a Jeddah-based columnist....
...News reports about the activities of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the military council, have replaced those of Mr Mubarak at the top of the bulletins....
...They also contrast with the trial of Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi president, which most people in the Arab world regarded as a US-driven affair....
...Hussein Shobokshi, a Saudi columnist, said Riyadh had attempted privately to persuade the Syrian regime to cease its crackdown....
...Despite repeated tensions with Mr Saleh, including his 1990 support for Iraq’s Saddam Hussein after his invasion of Kuwait, Riyadh has poured billions of dollars into impoverished Yemen and joined in Mr...
...Additional reporting by Daniel Dombey in Washington, Najmeh Bozorghmehr in Tehran, Javier Blas in London and Abeer Allam in Riyadh...
...Additional reporting by a correspondent in Damascus and Abeer Allam in Riyadh...
...His successor is Mohammed Al-Eissa, previously deputy director of a tribunal to settle commercial disputes, who is described as pro-reform....
...The inauguration of the new president, whose middle name is Hussein, has been eagerly awaited in the region....
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