Saudi Arabia played a role in the Trump-brokered normalization agreement between Israel and Morocco, diplomatic sources told Channel 12 on Friday. The report did not detail the Saudi involvement in the US-brokered deal, announced Thursday, and Riyadh has not officially…
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Tags : Morocco, Israel, normalization, Saudi Arabia,
Morocco notched a diplomatic win this week as the United Arab Emirates opened a consulate in the Western Sahara, where Rabat has long sought international recognition of its claim over the disputed territory. It also signaled a troubling regional shift. The hostility between Turkey and the Saudi-aligned Arab states risks embroiling the Maghreb region, much as it already complicates conflicts and politics from Libya to the Red Sea region. In North Africa, as across the greater Middle East, a widening of the Turkish-Saudi confrontation is heightening the risks of destabilization and threats to U.S. regional and counterterrorism interests.
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Tags : Maghreb, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Western Sahara,
The relationship between Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, and their long-term partner the Moroccan monarchy has undergone notable changes in recent years. Diminishing oil revenues, a Saudi leadership that is more hard-nosed in how it spends its money, and shifts in Morocco’s foreign policy strategy have all played a role. The result is a relationship increasingly grounded in pragmatism as opposed to what was once an ideologically based, mutually supportive relationship.
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