Gulf states will need Turkey to counter Iran
Ankara moved away from its Gulf alliances to negotiate with Moscow and Tehran on Syria -- but now seems to be wavering
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- Rapprochement
- Turkish isolation
- Sunni unity
- US concerns
- Syria shift
- Iran relations
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_350.jpg "Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and King Salman of Saudi Arabia, left, at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit in Istanbul (Reuters/Murad Sezer)")