TY  - RPRT
A1  - Khatib, Hakim
T1  - Rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran not much about the victim
T2  - sicherheitspolitik-blog.de
N2  - Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been increasing recently. Although the narrative developed to describe the execution of a Saudi Shiite cleric, Nimr Al-Nimr, as a sectarian dimension of the Kingdom’s policies towards Iran, Saudi Arabia’s goals are not principally fuelling the Shiite-Sunni divide. The Saudi executions were partially an attempt by Saudi Arabia to severe ties with Iran and push the tensions forward. Lifting sanctions against Iran, coupled with oil prices plummeting to around $32 per barrel remains a frightening nightmare for the Saudis...
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Iran
KW  - sectarian divide
KW  - shia
KW  - sunni
KW  - tensions in the Middle East
KW  - war of words
Y1  - 2016
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39184
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-391848
UR  - http://www.sicherheitspolitik-blog.de/2016/01/30/rivalry-between-saudi-arabia-and-iran-not-much-about-the-victim/
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CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -