{"id":652891,"date":"2017-01-22T04:37:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T04:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/22\/iraq-is-courting-egypt-into-joining-the-axis-of-resistance\/"},"modified":"2017-01-22T04:37:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T04:37:25","slug":"iraq-is-courting-egypt-into-joining-the-axis-of-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/22\/iraq-is-courting-egypt-into-joining-the-axis-of-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq is courting Egypt into joining the Axis of Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>While tensions between Egypt and Saudi Arabia are high, Iran is seen as pushing Iraq to broker Egypt\u2019s inclusion into the so-called \u201cAxis of Resistance,\u201d<\/strong> writes Mustafa Saadoun for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2017\/01\/iraq-egypt-iran-saudi-axis-resistance-basra-oil.html\">Al-Monitor<\/a>. The axis can provide Egypt with cheaper oil than Saudi Arabia could, he adds. Rapprochement between the countries could mean an alliance to fight terrorism and face the economic crises, said Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari. Egypt\u2019s distance from Saudi Arabia brings it closer to Iran, which heads the Axis \u2014 made up of Iran\u2019s regional allies of Syria, Hezbollah, and Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While tensions between Egypt and Saudi Arabia are high, Iran is seen as pushing Iraq to broker Egypt\u2019s inclusion into the so-called \u201cAxis of Resistance,\u201d writes Mustafa Saadoun for Al-Monitor. The axis can provide Egypt with cheaper oil than Saudi Arabia could, he adds. Rapprochement between the countries could mean an alliance to fight terrorism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7233],"tags":[2386,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-652891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egypt-in-the-news","tag-egypt-in-the-news","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"393ba79b-6ad4-40e9-99e4-bb958d2e95cf","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[652873],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iraq is courting Egypt into joining the Axis of Resistance - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/22\/iraq-is-courting-egypt-into-joining-the-axis-of-resistance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iraq is courting Egypt into joining the Axis of Resistance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While tensions between Egypt and Saudi Arabia are high, Iran is seen as pushing Iraq to broker Egypt\u2019s inclusion into the so-called \u201cAxis of Resistance,\u201d writes Mustafa Saadoun for Al-Monitor. 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