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...It was part of a raft of cross-border institutions set up during that period to encourage closer ties between organisations from countries that had recently been at war with one another....
...the UAE, as it pushes Saudi Arabia to follow suit and formalise ties, a person briefed on the discussions said....
...Jordan has diplomatic ties with Iran, although the relationship is frosty....
...Unlike the “cold peace” that Egypt and Jordan agreed with Israel, the UAE — which never fought a war with the Jewish state — embraced the relationship and pushed for greater economic ties, with a particular...
...Middle Eastern states that have diplomatic ties with Israel, including Egypt, Jordan, the UAE and Turkey, also condemned Israel over the incident....
...Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, while both concerned about the Iranian threat, are also working to improve bilateral ties with Tehran as the region pursues de-escalation....
...The US launched retaliatory strikes in Iraq, Syria and Yemen at the weekend in retaliation for a drone attack on a base in Jordan last month that killed three American troops....
...The prospect of Saudi Arabia, and other states, normalising ties with the Jewish state is one of the few incentives that could shift the mood....
...ultranationalists hold key roles, the thorniest part of any deal will be making concessions to the Palestinians — something both US and Saudi officials have said would be the price for Israel of normalising ties...
...But the Saudis expressed frustration that Israel was unwilling to give more to the Palestinians in exchange for ties with the kingdom....
...The sneaker culture that spilled out from Nike’s launch of the Air Jordan basketball shoe with Michael Jordan in 1985 produces a lot of sales....
...More recently, President Joe Biden has been seeking a deal that would lead Saudi Arabia to establish diplomatic ties with Israel....
...Whereas you have a bloc of five Arab states — Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia — that perhaps see themselves as more moderate and have direct or indirect ties with Israel and hope to play either...
...Al-Sudairi, who already serves as Saudi ambassador to Jordan, said the expansion of his role was a sign of solidarity with the Palestinians....
...In a statement to the Financial Times, Nike said the savings from this round of cuts would be reinvested into its running, women and Jordan brand divisions....
...II of Jordan and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt was cancelled....
...Congressman Jim Jordan lauded these break-ups as a “big win”....
...Arouri was key to his group’s deepening ties to Hizbollah and Iran, said Israeli and Lebanese analysts and officials, and was tasked with maintaining relations even when Hamas and Iran supported opposing...
...Russia and its ally China have cultivated warm ties with the Palestinians. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing....
...The US defence secretary has warned of “unthinkable” military ties developing between Russia and Iran, as he sought to reassure regional allies that Washington remained committed to the Middle East “for...
...Israel is becoming an accepted part of the region with closer ties to the Gulf....
...Thai politics: The party of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sealed a “Faustian” pact with the country’s military, experts say, as Pheu Thai mends ties with its former foes....
...But Saturday’s multipronged assault on Israel, cheered on by Iran, has prompted a reassessment of how deep the ties have grown between Hamas and Tehran....
...It also comes amid a wider detente between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which this year agreed to normalise diplomatic ties....
...Riyadh was negotiating a three-way deal with Washington and Israel that could have secured the kingdom a US military pact in return for it establishing formal diplomatic ties to the Jewish state....
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