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Al Jazeera
Politics
Ali Harb

Russia-Ukraine war shows cracks in US ties to Middle East allies

United States President Joe Biden (left) shakes hands with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on March 7, 2016 [File: Kamran Jebreili/AP Photo]

Washington, DC – With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominating discussions around the world, the Biden administration has been promoting global unity against what it calls Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “war of choice”.

But despite those efforts, the conflict has highlighted cracks in some of the United States’ most prominent alliances in the Middle East, notably with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.

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