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Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East has had strong implications for the region.
This weekend, in a special Middle East edition, The Conversation Global considers the situation in Iran, which faced its first ISIS attack on June 7, examines the strong regional position of Saudi Arabia after Donald Trump gave it total US support and looks at Qatar, now isolated after a rift with its neighbors.
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US and Gulf Cooperation Council forces conduct field training, in Kuwait in 2017.
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Mohammed Nuruzzaman, Gulf University for Science and Technology
The ongoing diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia has isolated Qatar from the rest of the Middle East while also undermining the anti-Iran alliance among the Gulf countries.
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A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran on June 7 2017.
Omid Vahabzadeh/ REUTERS
Mohammadbagher Forough, Leiden University
Terrorist attacks in Iran are evidence that, in the Middle East, there are far too many moving parts for US President Donald Trump's recent trip to have changed much on the ground.
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Will US President Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ride together to rule in the Middle East?
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Mohammed Nuruzzaman, Gulf University for Science and Technology
The visit has wider implications for the entire Middle East.
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