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    Analysis: Renewed Saudi-Iranian ties, brokered by China, force new calculations in Mideast

    by Nabih Bulos and Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Mar 15, 2023 4 minutes
    A man in Tehran holds a local newspaper reporting on its front page the China- brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, signed in Beijing the previous day, on March, 11 2023. Riyadh and Tehran announced on March 10 that after seven years of severed ties they would reopen embassies and missions within two months and implement security and...

    BEIRUT — The surprise announcement of a resumption of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, thanks to a deal brokered by Beijing, underscores regional governments’ interest in a de-escalation of tensions — and China’s willingness to wield its economic clout to achieve it.

    Although observers, especially U.S. officials, caution against attributing too much credit to Beijing for the deal, which was unveiled Friday, the rapprochement can also be seen as a wake-up call for Washington, with the potential to upend its longtime calculations and relationships in the Middle East.

    Forging an alliance against Iran has united the U.S. and numerous of the region’s countries, and even had the once-unthinkable result of spurring diplomatic ties between Israel and several Arab states that previously

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