The key to a Riyadh-Tehran rapprochement is Bahrain. A 37-km causeway links Saudi Arabia's oil bearing, Shia-dominated eastern province to this small kingdom, which is also home to the US Fifth Fleet. Neither the Saudis nor the Americans will abandon their key interests. This much is clear. - See more at: http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/August/02.08.2013/bahrain-in-saudi-iran-relations.html#sthash.ps9svAZg.dpuf
The key to a Riyadh-Tehran rapprochement is Bahrain. A 37-km causeway links Saudi Arabia's oil bearing, Shia-dominated eastern province to this small kingdom, which is also home to the US Fifth Fleet. Neither the Saudis nor the Americans will abandon their key interests. This much is clear.The key to a Riyadh-Tehran rapprochement is Bahrain. A 37-km causeway links Saudi Arabia's oil bearing, Shia-dominated eastern province to this small kingdom, which is also home to the US Fifth Fleet. Neither the Saudis nor the Americans will abandon their key interests. This much is clear. - See more at: http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/August/02.08.2013/bahrain-in-saudi-iran-relations.html#sthash.ps9svAZg.dpuf
