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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by throwaway2037 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @06:11AM (#42356483) 

    > Iran has torpedoed any attempts at normalizing relationships between Arabs and Israel
What about the recent peace/trade deals between Israel and UAE and Qatar? The Qatar one was most surprising to me because Qatar has excellent relations with Iran, partly due to their sharing of one of the world's largest natural gas fields.
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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by somedude895 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @06:21AM (#42356514)
So far it's been one step forward, one step back, due to Iran, see the now frozen rapprochement between Saudi and Israel. But thankfully all signs point to Iran's influence waning, which is now accelerating in part thanks to Israel ignoring the Biden administration's calls for another premature ceasefire that would only allow Iran to rearm their proxies and keep the untenable status quo that ultimately harms everybody in the area alike.
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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by throwaway2037 on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @08:19AM (#42376552) 

    > see the now frozen rapprochement between Saudi and Israel.
As I understand, this has nothing to do with Iran, and everything to do with the Saudis want a promise for two state solution before they will agree to a treaty with Israel.
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