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Arab Gulf states consider Plan B as Iran war batters US-based security strategy
Diversification – in defence partners and weapons – is part of changes under way.
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A billboard in Iran on April 5 showing a sentence with the meaning: the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. The Gulf states risk becoming satellites of Iran if it gains long-term control of it, says the writer.
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Both US President Donald Trump and Iran’s clerical government claim to be winning their current confrontation. Yet the reality remains that everything in the Middle East still hangs in the balance.
