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Arabia
Saudi senior source denies FT report of holding secret talks with Iran
2021-04-19
[AlAhram] A senior Saudi official has denied there being direct talks with Iran, four years after the two countries cut off diplomatic ties, contradicting a Financial Times report claiming discussions were ongoing between the two major regional players, Arab News said.

The Financial Times report, which cited unnamed sources, said the first round of talks took place in Baghdad on April 9, which included discussions on attacks against Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
by the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
militia.

The report said the talks were being facilitated by Iraqi Prime Minister Mostafa al-Kadhimi, who held talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed in Riyadh last month.

Interestingly, not only did a Saudi source deny the story, but neither the Iranian nor the Iraqi governments provided the Financial Times with a comment, the Arab News report said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  One thing the Saudis are pretty good at is knowing which way the wind is blowing.
Posted by: Tom   2021-04-19 11:21  

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