Saudi Arabia: Global jitters but no panic as relations deteriorate further
Issue 1007
- 07 Jan 2016
| 2 minute read
The Saudi executions and Iranian response have drawn a further divide between two of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec)’s most important members. Opec has weathered bigger storms: as GSN reported at the time, Iran and Iraq sent representatives to meetings during the 1980-88 war and Iraqi officials and representatives of Kuwait’s exiled government were both present after the 1990 invasion.
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