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Saudi-led Rupture With Qatar Pushes Nation Into Iran's Embrace
- Feud isn’t returning emirate to Saudi Arabia’s fold for now
- Qatar Airways reroutes via Iran in response to blockade
Trump Vows to Calm Gulf Flareup
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The Saudi-led rupture with Qatar is backfiring where Iran is concerned -- at least for now.
If the severing of ties was intended to force the Gulf nation back into Saudi Arabia’s fold and further isolate its key rival, Shiite Iran, then the opposite is happening. Qatar responded to the blockade by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt by rerouting flights to Africa and Europe via Iran, which has rallied to its ally’s defense.