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The broad territory that stretches from Morocco to Iran has long
been known as the "Arab World." Although that name gives the
impression of a single geographical whole, events in recent years show
the opposite; the Arab world is in conflict with itself and falling apart.
So severe is that process that it is even ringing alarm bells in non-Arab

Turkey and Iran.
The Arabian Peninsula and Gulf countries that until a year or two
ago appeared unaffected by this process of break-up are now, in the
wake of events in Yemen, seeking measures to prevent it from being
their turn next. The fear of break-up is rapidly affecting, and even
changing, countries' general policies.
Saudi Arabia, where King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has suc-

ceeded King Abdullah, has been sending out signs of changes in its
policy toward Yemen. Until very recently, Saudi Arabia gave Egyptian
President Sisi definitive backing against the Muslim Brotherhood.
However, the Saudi regime that supported the 2013 coup is now keep-
ing more of a distance from Sisi: One can begin to discern a Saudi pol-

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