Douglas Murray Douglas Murray

Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East’s 30 year war

Why the great Sunni-Shia conflict is getting ever closer to the surface

issue 25 January 2014

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[/audioplayer]Syria has fallen apart. Major cities in Iraq have fallen to al-Qa’eda. Egypt may have stabilised slightly after a counter-coup. But Lebanon is starting once again to fragment. Beneath all these facts — beneath all the explosions, exhortations and blood — certain themes are emerging.

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