{"id":653081,"date":"2017-01-29T05:50:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T05:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/29\/egypt-saudi-relations-spiraling-out-of-control\/"},"modified":"2017-01-29T05:50:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T05:50:47","slug":"egypt-saudi-relations-spiraling-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/29\/egypt-saudi-relations-spiraling-out-of-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt-Saudi relations spiraling out of control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The reflowering of the Egyptian-Iranian relations blossomed in direct proportion to the souring of Egyptian-Saudi relations<\/strong>, particularly during 2016, writes Gregory Copley for <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/saudi-rift-egypt-spiraling-control-183000735.html\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>. Egypt resisted attempts by Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman to commit militarily to the Saudi-led Coalition fighting in Yemen, a conflict which the Egyptian Government felt was ill-advised, he says. Hope for an improvement in Saudi-Egyptian relations vanished after the Tiran and Sanafir court ruling. Egypt and Iran also have a common position, for different reasons, at odds with Saudi Arabia on overthrowing the Syrian state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reflowering of the Egyptian-Iranian relations blossomed in direct proportion to the souring of Egyptian-Saudi relations, particularly during 2016, writes Gregory Copley for Yahoo Finance. 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