A Veteran Saudi Power Player Works To Build Support to Topple Assad

[dilloduck]

Veteran Saudi Power Player Prince Bandar Works To Build Support to Topple Assad - WSJ.com


Interesing article about Prince Bandar and the Saudi/Qatar support for Syrian rebels.

 

[Hossfly]

Veteran Saudi Power Player Prince Bandar Works To Build Support to Topple Assad - WSJ.com


Interesing article about Prince Bandar and the Saudi/Qatar support for Syrian rebels.

It's getting interesting and tricky too.

Saudis offer Russia secret oil deal if it drops Syria - Telegraph

 

[Circe]

That's just Sunni/Shiite crap. The Saudis are Sunni and Assad is a kind of Shiite. So naturally they want Assad gone.

 

[Jos]

Can He Phone a friend?

 

[Hossfly]

Can He Phone a friend?

He has no friends.

 

[dilloduck]

That's just Sunni/Shiite crap. The Saudis are Sunni and Assad is a kind of Shiite. So naturally they want Assad gone.

I don't think we can really minimize it like that. The Sunni and Shia can destabilize a hell of a lot of territory when they go at each other.

http://www.theatlantic.com/internat...toise-and-the-hare-of-the-middle-east/279090/