Eli Lake, Columnist

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Diplomacy with Oman may help bridge the Saudi-Iranian divide on Yemen.

June 20, 2017 at 10:00 AM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

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