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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sam Kiley

Trump’s Iran war has left Gulf leaders keen to see the back of the US president

Amid the roiling diplomacy to end further chaos in world markets caused by the Israeli-American attacks on Iran, Saudi Arabia dipped into its pockets with a $3bn loan to Pakistan. This was no baksheesh moment; this was real politics in action, one which leaves US power yet further diminished.

Riyadh loaned Islamabad the money to meet a debt repayment obligation to the United Arab Emirates.

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