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Saudis exert economic pressure on Lebanon over row

Riyadh cancels €3.6 billion grant for buying arms

Saudi Arabia, the CIA and the arming of Syrian rebels

US support for Syrian rebels is the latest chapter in its relationship with Saudi Arabia

Saudi foreign minister warns of additional measures against Iran

Fallout from execution of cleric goes on but defence minister does not foresee war

Eamonn McCann: What are a few beheadings amongst friends?

Western leaders have protected Saudi elite from scrutiny or sanction for half a century

Iran officials and social media criticise attack on embassy

Many in Iran frustrated at reaction of the hardliners who ransacked Saudi embassy

Anger grows in Saudi Arabia’s Shia areas after executions

Nightly protests in country’s oil-producing east after executions of four Shia Muslims

Iraq’s fight against Isis threatened by Saudi-Iran feud

Sectarian tensions harm efforts to combat Islamic State with Shia-Sunni alliance

Ireland ‘regrets’ mass execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia

Department of Foreign Affairs says Dublin working for death penalty abolition globally

US struggles to explain its allegiance to Saudi Arabia

Unwilling to condemn executions, US is in bind over role in Middle East power struggle

Saudi king’s reckless policies could spell disaster for region

Mass execution elicits threats of retribution from jihadis and ruptures relations with Iran

Middle East leaders urged to ‘avoid tensions’ after Saudi execution

EU expects regional powers ‘to act responsibly in an already very volatile situation’

Regional allies back Saudis after Shia cleric’s execution

Bahrain, Sudan and UAE join in diplomatic steps against Iran as political crisis deepens

Brutal decision by Saudi Arabia to execute dissidents adds to escalating conflict between Shia and Sunni branches of Islam

There is a real danger that the fruit of ongoing rehabilitation of Iran in the world community is feeding existential fears in Sunni-led kingdoms

Explainer: How do Sunni and Shia Islam differ?

Saudi Arabia-Iran crisis: split has roots in schism after death of Prophet Muhammad

‘Divine revenge’ on Saudi Arabia could take many forms

Iran looks set to make things difficult for the kingdom after execution of Shia cleric

Western leaders condemn Saudi execution of 47 people

US, UN and EU urge calm as Shia cleric’s execution inflames Middle East tensions

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